SATISH KUMAR VERMA Vs. ALLAHABAD BANK AND OTHERS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard Sri Vijendra Pal Singh, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Sri Pashupati Nath Tripathi, learned Counsel for the respondents.

(2.) The petitioner has filed this writ petition, praying for quashing of the Appellate Order dated 04.01.2015, passed by Deputy General Manager, Allahabad Bank, Zonal Office, Delhi Gate, Agra, respondent no.3 and the Punishment Order dated 24.07.2015, down grading him by two stages in the scale of pay, passed by Chief Manager and Disciplinary Authority, Allahabad Bank, Zonal Office, Delhi Gate, Agra. Further prayers have been made for reserving one post in Officer Grade for the petitioner and directing the respondents to pay Rs.25,390/- as conveyance allowance to him.

(3.) The disciplinary authority appointed an Enquiry Officer, who conducted enquiry into the charges against the petitioner and the petitioner submitted his defence statement dated 16.02.2015 to the same. In the defence statement, the petitioner stated that on 17.12.2014 and 09.02.2015, he demanded 12 documents for his defence but the enquiry officer did not permit most of the documents. He gave the copy of only 2 documents, which is against the principles of natural justice. All the documents produced as Management Exhibit (M.E.) were required to be proved by the Management Witness (M.W.). None of the documents have been proved by the author of the documents but exhibit numbers have been mentioned without formal proof of the documents.