The petitioner is working in the respondent/Bank as Special Associate. He is also the General Secretary of the State Bank of India, Ambedkar Trade Union and State Bank of India SC/ST Welfare Association and has been fighting for his efficient administration of the Bank.

2. Quite often, huge chunk of money was missing from various branches of the respondent/Bank in Tamilnadu. The Union Representative of the respondent/Bank is to take effective measures to stop the cash missing from the cash chest. Since no action was taken, the Union issued circulated Posters and called upon the Chief Manager to resign taking moral responsibility. Therefore, the petitioner was charge sheeted earlier on 10.03.2007 regarding printing and pasting and regarding the functioning of the Bank. The petitioner challenged the said charge sheet and finally the charge sheet was quashed by the Hon'ble Division Bench of this Court in W.A.No.356 of 2006. Consequently, the petitioner was reinstated on 24.08.2015.

3. The respondent/Bank, in order to wreck vengeance, issued a charge memo on 13.05.2016 stating that in March 2016, he circulated defamatory pamphlets against the higher officials. Due to his deteriora