(1.) By this writ application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the writ applicant, a former Branch Manager of a Gramin Banik, has prayed for the following reliefs;
(2.) The case of the writ applicant may be summarized as under;
(3.) Mr. Champaneri, the learned counsel appearing for the writ applicant submitted that the departmental inquiry could be said to have stood vitiated on account of malice and malafide on the part of the superior authorities. Mr. Champaneri submitted that at the relevant point of time, his client had to meet the Chairman of the Bank and the Chairman had demanded illegal gratification of Rs.2500/ - to wind up the entire controversy. Since such amount was not paid and further the writ applicant complained about the same before the Association, keeping such spite in mind, the departmental inquiry was ultimately instituted.