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CASE NO.:

Appeal (civil) 2961-2962 of 2008

PETITIONER:

The Managing Director State Bank of Hyderabad and Anr

RESPONDENT:

P. Kata Rao

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 24/04/2008

BENCH:

S.B. Sinha & D.K. Jain

JUDGMENT:

J U D G M E N T

REPORTABLE

CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 2961-2962 OF 2008

(Arising out of SLP (C) Nos. 14356-14357 of 2007)

S.B. Sinha, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. Appellant is aggrieved by and dissatisfied with a judgment and order

dated 4.6.2007 passed by a Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High

Court in Writ Appeal No. 627/628 of 2005 whereby and whereunder it

refused to interfere with the judgment and order passed by a learned Single

Judge of the said Court in WP No. 476 of 2001.

3. Respondent at all material times was an employee in the appellant

Bank. He was placed under suspension on or about 13.8.1998. A

departmental proceeding was initiated against him.

12 items of charges were drawn up; charge Nos. 11 and 15 whereof

read as under:

"Charge No. 11: He authorized cash and transfer

credits to the demand loan accounts against pledge

of gold ornaments of Smt. P. Lakshmi, his wife,

from out o