Hon’ble Sudhir Agarwal, J.—Heard N.K. Seth, Senior Advocate and Sri Gopal Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel appearing for Bank and Sri Radhey Shyam Mishra, in person, in all these writ petitions.

2. In all these writ petitions common dispute having common facts are involved and writ petitions are the result of subsequent common events, hence, as requested, have been heard together and are being decided by this common judgment.

3. The substantial dispute is part of Writ Petition No. 1292 (SS) of 1998 (hereinafter referred to as the “first petition”)and other three writ petitions are result of subsequent events, hence I proceed to refer facts from first petition and facts of other three petitions would be referred as and when it is necessary.

4. Petitioner was appointed as Clerk in Central Bank of India (hereinafter referred to as the “Bank”) on 23.7.1973 and was confirmed on the said post. In 1976 when petitioner was working in Bank’s Branch at Bahraich, he was transferred to Gonda vide order dated 11.11.1976, whereupon he joined at Gonda on 25.11.1976. On 17.7.1977 petitioner formed a political party, namely, Bhartiya Pidit Party (Indian Sufferers Party), wherein he claimed