( 1 ) THE learned Single Judge, who heard this petition, felt that the decision of this Court in Gwalior District Co-operative Bank Ltd. Gwalior v. Ramesh Chandra Mangal, [1979 M. P. L. J. 631] relating to the rights of the employees of the Co-operative bank to seek relief of reinstatesment on the dismissal/removal being illegal, needed reconsideration by a larger Bench. This is how the matter has been placed before us.

( 2 ) THE facts are that the petitioner was in the employment of the Nimad jila Kendraiya Sahakari Bank Ltd; Khandwa and was a confirmed suprevisor. Service Rules framed under Section 55 of the Madhya Pradesh co-operative Societies Act, 1960 governed his employment. On 6-1-1975 the petitioner's services were terminated without any prior inquiry and without assigning any reasons for the termination. The petitioner approached the deputy Registrar, Co-operative Societies under Section 55 (2) of the Act, his claim was dismissed and it was found that the case was one of retrenchment for which three months' notice alone was sufficient. Against that order, the petitioner preferred an appeal before the Additional Registrar, co-operative Societies, who by ord