JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Sri Lavlesh Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Pranjal Mehrotra, learned counsel appearing for the respondents.

2. Petitioner, by means of the instant petition, is assailing the order dated 31 March 2021, passed by second respondent, Senior Group Manager, Employee Relations, IndusInd Bank Limited, Corporate Office Human Resources Department, Mumbai, [“Bank”], terminating the services of the petitioner.

3. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents, at the outset, submits that the writ petition against an employer, a private bank, would not be maintainable. It is urged that service contract of a private bank employee cannot be enforced in writ jurisdiction.

4. Facts, briefly stated, is that petitioner was appointed Associate Service Delivery Manager, a Class-III post, on 29 October 2018 by the respondent Bank. On a complaint filed by a customer, a disciplinary enquiry came to be instituted against the petitioner by issuing a charge sheet on 01.02.2021. Petitioner responded by filing written statement/defence to the fourth respondent, enquiry officer/Branch Manager; IndusInd Bank Limited, Branch Robertsganj, District Sonbhadra. The inquiry off