JUDGMENT :

J.J. MUNIR, J.

This writ petition is directed against an order of termination of the petitioner from service dated 03.01.2019 passed by the General Manager, Allahabad U.P. Gramin Bank (now known as Aryavrat Bank) and the appellate order dated 21.02.2019 passed by the Chairman, Allahabad U.P. Gramin Bank, Banda affirming the departmental punishment aforesaid.

2. The petitioner was appointed as an Assistant Manager with the Allahabad U.P. Gramin Bank[‘Bank’ for short] on 17.04.2015 and joined service at the Regional Office of the Bank at Mahoba. The petitioner says that he performed his duties from 20.04.2015 to 21.01.2016, without complaint.

He was transferred from the Regional Office, Mahoba to the Branch Panwari, Mahoba vide order dated 02.01.2016. The petitioner was directed to join duties on 04.01.2016 at Branch Panwari. The petitioner joined duties on 04.01.2016 and discharged his obligations until 26.06.2017 at the said branch. On 27.06.2017, the petitioner was transferred from the Panwari Branch to Branch Gahrauli, Mahoba. The petitioner says that he was taken seriously ill and admitted on 28.06.2017 to the care of Dr. A.A. Jafri, where he remained an indoor patient un