JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records of order dated 22.02.2017 on the file of the first respondent herein and to quash the same and consequently direct the respondents to reinstate the petitioner with back wages and all other benefits.)

1. The present Writ Petition is heard through Video Conferencing on 13.07.2021.

2. The petitioner herein, while working as a Customer Assistant in Udumalpet Branch of the State Bank of India, was levelled with charges of misappropriation of customers' money to the total tune of Rs.1,21,784/-. As per the charges, the petitioner was claimed to have put through 26 transactions by debiting various Government accounts /other accounts and credited the proceeds to his savings bank account and his father's savings bank account. Apart from these charges, he was also charged for debiting the parking account in respect of customers, without any corresponding credit in the parking account. Instead of debiting his savings bank account, he was claimed to have debited the parking account for recrediting to the actual beneficiaries and thereby