ORDER

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1. This writ petition challenges charge-sheet dated 31^st March, 2014, inquiry report dated 9^th March, 2015 and order dated 15^th May, 2015 passed by the Disciplinary Authority, imposing the penalty of dismissal from service on the Petitioner. The dismissal has been affirmed in appeal and again in review.

Factual Background

2. The background relevant to the present petition is as follows:

2.1. The Petitioner joined Respondent No. 1 Bank as a clerk on 23^rd April, 1990. He was promoted to the post of Manager Scale-I on 12^th June, 2006 and thereafter to Middle Management Grade Scale-II on 11^th June, 2011.

2.2. He was posted at the Khera Bajhera Branch, District Meerut, with effect from 12^th June, 2011. He served there until 7^th August, 2013. He was thereafter posted at Sahukara Branch, Bareilly from 8^th August, 2013 to 14^th June, 2014, and subsequently at Navyug Market Branch, Ghaziabad.

2.3. During an audit conducted in June, 2012 for the year 2011-2012, the audit team raised objections relating to certain irregularities. The Bank called upon the Petitioner to explain the alleged lapses pertaining to the period when he was posted at Khera Bajhera Branch. A memorandum dated