TMI Blog1976 (3) TMI 239X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... KRISHNA IYER, J. This appeal, by special leave, lends itself to a quick burial in view of the brief facts set out below. The appellant has been an employee of the second respondent. A notice was issued to him to show cause why disciplinary action should not be taken against him for certain items of misconduct imputed to him. The then Secretary of the bank, Shri Daljit Singh, enquired ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... from bank services. Before doing so, you are asked to show cause within 21 days from the receipt of this memorandum, why on account of findings of the said Enquiry Officer, into the charges, you should not be dismissed from the bank services. In case no reply is received within the prescribed period, it will be presumed that you have no reply in this behalf and the proposed punishment will be imp ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nclined to investigate them for the short reason that the writ petition was in any case premature. No punitive action has yet been taken. It is difficult to state, apart from speculation, what the outcome of the proceedings will be. In case the appellant is punished, it is certainly open to him either to file an appeal as provided in the relevant rules or to take other action that he may be advise ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e would like to make it clear that counsel for the co-operative bank has not been able to show any power to suspend an employee pending an enquiry. If that be so, the suspension of the appellant is plainly without the pale of law and he would be entitled to his salary during the period till final orders are passed. Since the matter has been pending long enough, we are assured by counsel for the re ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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