By the Court.—This petition has been filed by Sri Param Hans Sharma son of Sri Ram Nagina Sharma, resident of village Khuteva, P.O. Maina Bhagar, Gorakhpur under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuing a writ of certiorari quashing the order dated 7.2.1989, passed by the Disciplinary Authority, order dated 7.11.1989, passed by Appellate Authority, order dated 1.11.1996, passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal by which the petitioner a Clerk in Gonda Head Post Office has been dismissed from services, which has been upheld by the Appellate Authority and Central Administrative Tribunal.

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.

3. The petitioner was posted as Counter Clerk on 21.8.1987, Saving Bank Head Post Office Gonda. The duty of the Counter Clerk is to receive transactions presented at the counter by the depositors. The transactions are to be posted in the pass book by him. The pass book and pay in slips in case of withdrawals are then passed to ledger clerk. In case of withdrawals exceeding Rs. 500/- the ledger clerk and counter clerk both have to compare the signature on the application for withdrawal with the specimen signature