( 1 ) BY this application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner, who was employed in the Dubey Co-operative Commercial Bank Limited, as Assistant Manager-cum-Accountant, prays for the issue of a writ of 'certiorari' for quashing an order of the respondent No. 3, the Board of Directors of the said Bank, dismissing him from service.

( 2 ) THE applicant was appointed to the post of Assistant Manager-cum-Accountant on 16th June 1959 by an order passed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors. He was appointed on a fixed salary of Rs. 200/- p. m. and placed on probation for a period of twelve months. Some months after his appointment, when certain mistakes and irregularities committed by the petitioner were brought to the notice of the Board of Directors, the petitioner was cautioned to be careful in the maintenance of accounts. In March 1960, Bhagwat Prasad, a peon of the Bank, made a complaint to the chairman that the petitioner had abused him and slapped him on 10th March 1960. In the same month, a complaint was made by Messrs. N. 6. Brothers, Bilaspur, against the petitioner with regard to the settlement of a loan of Rs. 500/ -. The Wo