By the Court.—We have heard Shri Vikas Budhwar, learned counsel for the petitioner. Shri Manoj Misra appears for the respondents-bank.

2. This writ petition is directed against the order dated 16.7.2005 passed by the Asstt. General Manager, United Commercial Bank, Regional Office, Varanasi, by which as a disciplinary authority, he has imposed punishment on the petitioner of dismissal, which shall ordinarily be a disqualification for future employment on charge Nos. 1 and 3 for having mis-behaved and manhandled a customer of the bank; and lowering of three stages from the present pay on charge No. 2 relating to representation made by the petitioner to the Asstt. General Manager, Varanasi and endorsing a copy thereof General Manager (Personnel) Head Office, Calcutta, by name, for non-sanction of overdraft limit to him. The General Manager (Operation.1) (Appellate Authority in appeal) on 6.10.2005 modified the punishment on charge Nos. 1 and 3 to compulsory retirement and maintained the punishment on charge No. 2.

3. The petitioner was initially appointed on 7.6.1973 in the clerical cadre of the bank at Rohtak, Haryana. He was promoted to Junior Management Grade, Scale-1 on 1