( 1 ) THE petitioner Sri K. L. Tripathi was an employee of the State Bank of India. He joined the service of the Slate Bank of India in the year 1955 as an assistant clerk. He was promoted subsequently and at the relevant time, he was working as Branch Manager in the State of India Branch at Deoria. On 19th June, 1975 a chargesheet was issued by the General Manager (Operations) levelling certain charges against the petition and he was required to submit his written statement in defence in terms of Rule 50 of the Service Rules, The petitioner submitted his reply to the chargesheet. The Managing Director, State Bank of India, Central Office, Bombay, by his letter dated 6th October ,1976 informed the petitioner that the Executive Committee of the Central Board at its meeting held on 6th October, 1966 had resolved to dismiss the petitioner with immediate effect in terms of Rule 49 (f) of the State Bank of India (Supervising Staff) Service Rules. A copy of this letter was issued to the petitioner on the 19th of October, 1976. The petitioner has challenged the order dated 6th October, 1976 issued by the Kanpur Local Head Office on the 19th of October, 1976.

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