N. Sathish Kumar, J.

1. Aggrieved over the order of the learned Single Judge dated 04.06.2018, in W.P.(MD) No. 21275 of 2014, the present Writ Appeal came to be filed by the appellants.

2. The brief facts leading to the filing of the present Writ Appeal are as follows :

The first respondent/writ petitioner was employed as Assistant (Accounts) in Kulithalai Branch of the State Bank of India. He was issued with a charge memo dated 20.11.2003 for alleged preparation of ledger sheets and the ACC cash withdrawal slips in respect of 70 ACC loan accounts, since the relative borrowers are not traceable. Accordingly, charge memo was proceeded on the ground that the first respondent/writ petitioner and others, with an ulterior motive to defraud the bank, prepared false documents and vouchers and caused sanction of loans by the Branch Manager. Prior to the issuance of charge memo, the first respondent/writ petitioner was placed under suspension on 03.03.2002. As many as 17 charges were issued. Necessary explanation was also submitted by the first respondent/writ petitioner.

3. When the matter stood thus, the first respondent/writ petitioner was also issued with another charge memo dated