, J.

1. Adumbrated in brief, the relevant facts giving rise to this Letters Patent Appeal are, Hardwari Lal was serving as a Manager of the Branch of State Bank of Patiala at Bareta It was claimed that on May 8, 1982 when a seminar was being held at Mansa. R. C. Kampani. Regional Manager III (P) of the State Bank of Patiala (hereinafter referred to as the Bank) rebuked, snubbed and harangued the appellant (hereinafter called the petitioner, who was also one of the participants, in presence of so many people. R. C. Kampanis conduct resulted in a great mental stress on the petitioner who under the resultant depression, submitted his resignation on May 11, 1982 and forwarded the same to the Regional Manager III (P) of the Bank with a further request that the condition of giving three months notice or depositing three months salary in lieu thereof, may be waived. Later on the advice of friends and well-wishers and in view of the family circumstances, he withdrew his resignation and sent a telegram to that effect on May 17, 1982 to the Regional Manager III (P) of the Bank, on the same day i. e. on May 17, 1982, the petitioner sent a letter confirming the telegram withdrawing his