BRAJ BHUSHAN SHUKLA Vs. GENERAL MANAGER OPERATION I

JUDGEMENT

(1.) WE have heard Shri R.K. Ojha, learned counsel for the petitioner. Shri Manoj Misra appears for the respondents-bank.

(2.) THE petitioner was appointed as Clerk in United Commercial Bank (a nationalized and scheduled bank) in the year 1973, and was posted at Rohtak Branch of the bank in the State of Haryana. He was promoted as Scale- I Officer through departmental examination in 1980, and thereafter as Middle Management Scale- II officer in the year 1997. He was transferred to Varanasi in the year 2000 and was posted their as System Administrator in the Regional Office, Varanasi.

(3.) IN his reply dated 10.1.2001 the petitioner denied the charges as false, baseless and concocted, and made with the intention to coerce and cow him down with some ulterior motive. He denied of using abusive words. He assured that he has best regards for his superiors, and for the institution/ organization; that he was not charged with any allegations of misconduct prior to the incident. An attempt was made, to show his failure as System Administrator, whereas he had done his best to make the system functional. The e-mail application had stopped functioning due to non-connectivity with the STD since 31.8.2000. The floppies of BS-1 and 2, had to be replaced by deputing an officer from Calcutta. Due to non-browsing of e-mails, approximately 160 messages were collected in a period of one month. The "V Sat' connectivity was disturbed due to defect in dish-antenna. The petitioner further alleged in his reply, that he had followed the installation of hardware in different branches including Renukoot, Robertsganj, Mirzapur, Katra and Naini. The data entry system is parallel in all the branches. INspite of his best efforts in working, he was tortured and victimized. His pay was subjected to illegal deductions and LTC for the block period ending June 1999 was denied. He requested for reinstatement to end the torture.