RATAN CHAND GAURI Vs. PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner by this writ petition has challenged the order of compulsory retirement from the service dated 20th June, 1983 (Annexure R/1).

(2.) THE petitioner was in service of the Punjab National Bank (here in after referred as the respondent Bank) and was posted at Jodhpur as Regional Manager. The respondent Bank after review of the service record of the petitioner compulsorily retired him from service under Regulation 19 of the Punjab National Bank (Officers) Service Regulations, 1979 (here in after referred as the Regulations).

(3.) IN order to appreciate the first contention it will be relevant to reproduce the Regulation 19 of the Regulations and the same is reproduced as under: