{"id":156258,"date":"2007-08-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/a-surendra-raj-vs-canara-bank-on-10-august-2007"},"modified":"2017-01-25T22:51:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T17:21:12","slug":"a-surendra-raj-vs-canara-bank-on-10-august-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/a-surendra-raj-vs-canara-bank-on-10-august-2007","title":{"rendered":"A.Surendra Raj vs Canara Bank on 10 August, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
A.Surendra Raj vs Canara Bank on 10 August, 2007<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 30134 of 2003(K)\n\n\n1. A.SURENDRA RAJ, SENIOR MANAGER,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. CANARA BANK,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,\n\n3. GENERAL MANAGER, CANARA BANK,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.M.PAREETH\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.M.C.SEN\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice ANTONY DOMINIC\n\n Dated :10\/08\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                        Antony Dominic, J.\n              ========================\n                   W.P(C).No.30134 of 2003\n              ========================\n\n           Dated this the 10th day of August, 2007.\n\n                            JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
     Petitioner was a Senior Manager in the Tripunithura Branch<\/p>\n
of the first respondent Bank. After his tenure at Tripunithura, he<\/p>\n
was issued a memo of charges containing six charges. To put it<\/p>\n
in a nutshell, the allegation had that he had permitted temporary<\/p>\n
over draft in some Savings Bank Accounts without the request of<\/p>\n
the account holder concerned and failed to adhere to the systems<\/p>\n
and procedure laid down while allowing the said temporary over<\/p>\n
draft facility. He filed his written statement, Ext.P2 and<\/p>\n
eventually an Officer of the Bank was appointed as the Enquiry<\/p>\n
Officer for conducting a domestic enquiry. Disciplinary enquiry<\/p>\n
was accordingly conducted wherein the Bank adduced oral<\/p>\n
evidence while the petitioner did not adduce any evidence. On<\/p>\n
conclusion of the enquiry, considering the materials available, the<\/p>\n
WP(C) 30134\/03                   -: 2 :-<\/span><\/p>\n
Enquiry Officer submitted Ext.P4 report holding that the charges<\/p>\n
were proved. Thereafter, copy of the report was furnished to the<\/p>\n
delinquent and he was allowed to file representation against the<\/p>\n
findings in the enquiry report.          Considering the enquiry<\/p>\n
proceedings, report of the Enquiry Officer, representation made<\/p>\n
by the delinquent and other materials, the Disciplinary Authority<\/p>\n
issued Ext.P6 order imposing a punishment of reduction of pay<\/p>\n
by one stage with cumulative effect.       Petitioner pursued the<\/p>\n
matter in appeal before the Appellate Authority by Ext.P8 and<\/p>\n
that was also rejected by Ext.P9. It is seeking to quash Exts.P6<\/p>\n
and 9 and for consequential reliefs that this Writ Petition has<\/p>\n
been filed.\n<\/p>\n
     2. Learned counsel for the petitioner mainly argued three<\/p>\n
points: (1) That the Enquiry Officer relied on the investigation<\/p>\n
report submitted by MW3 along with the statements of the<\/p>\n
account holders recorded by him and that the account holders<\/p>\n
were not made available in the enquiry for cross examination.<\/p>\n
According to him, he was thus denied a reasonable opportunity to<\/p>\n
prove his innocence and this is in violation of the principles of<\/p>\n
natural justice. (2) It is also contended that the Bank had with it<\/p>\n
WP(C) 30134\/03                 -: 3 :-<\/span><\/p>\n
letters written by the account holders concerned and that though<\/p>\n
copies of these letters were part of the enquiry proceedings, the<\/p>\n
Enquiry Officer did not deal with the same. (3) It is also<\/p>\n
contended that Regulation 6(3) of Canara Bank Officer Employees<\/p>\n
(Discipline & Appeal) Regulations required that documents relied<\/p>\n
on while issuing memo of charges against a delinquent should be<\/p>\n
supplied and that in this case he has not been furnished copies of<\/p>\n
the documents. (4) Lastly, it is contended that there was union<\/p>\n
rivalry between the petitioner on the one side and MW1 on the<\/p>\n
other side and therefore they had vested interest to ensure that<\/p>\n
the petitioner is punished.\n<\/p>\n
      3. As regards the first contention, regarding the report<\/p>\n
submitted by MW3 is concerned, it is seen that MW3, an officer of<\/p>\n
the Bank had conducted a preliminary investigation into the<\/p>\n
allegations against the petitioner and had recorded statements<\/p>\n
from the concerned account holders. On the materials collected<\/p>\n
by him he has also submitted his report to the Bank and this<\/p>\n
report was produced in the enquiry and marked as ME. 82.<\/p>\n
Complaint of the petitioner is that along with the report, the<\/p>\n
statements recorded by the Investigation Officer were also<\/p>\n
WP(C) 30134\/03                 -: 4 :-<\/span><\/p>\n
produced in the enquiry and that though the Enquiry Officer<\/p>\n
made reference to those statements, these persons were not<\/p>\n
made available for cross examination.\n<\/p>\n
      4. On a reference to Ext.P4 report, it is seen that the<\/p>\n
Enquiry Officer has referred to ME.82 investigation report and has<\/p>\n
in that context made reference to the statements of the account<\/p>\n
holders. Such reference has been made in relation to each of the<\/p>\n
six charges that were held to be proved against the delinquent.<\/p>\n
On a reading of the report, I am inclined to think that what is<\/p>\n
relied on by the Enquiry Officer is the report submitted by MW3<\/p>\n
and not the statements.       Coming to the correctness of the<\/p>\n
contention that the account holders were not available for cross<\/p>\n
examination, I notice that the author of the report ME.82 was<\/p>\n
offered for cross examination and thus the delinquent had the<\/p>\n
opportunity to rebut the evidentiary value of the contents of the<\/p>\n
report submitted by MW3. Since the statements as such are not<\/p>\n
relied on by the Enquiry Officer, I do not think that the report is<\/p>\n
vitiated for not making available the account holders for cross<\/p>\n
examination.    Thus, as long as the Enquiry Officer relied on the<\/p>\n
report submitted by the Investigation Officer and the contents<\/p>\n
WP(C) 30134\/03                  -: 5 :-<\/span><\/p>\n
thereof, which are based on the statement recorded by him from<\/p>\n
the account holders and as the Investigation Officer was offered<\/p>\n
for cross examination in the enquiry, I am not inclined to think<\/p>\n
that there is violation of the principles of natural justice that has<\/p>\n
been caused to the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n
      5. Coming to the second grievance of the writ petitioner<\/p>\n
about the letters written by the account holders are concerned, it<\/p>\n
is seen from Ext.P4 report of enquiry that what was produced by<\/p>\n
the petitioner during the course of enquiry are photocopies of the<\/p>\n
letters said to have been written by the account holders of the<\/p>\n
Bank, exonerating the petitioner.       However strangely enough,<\/p>\n
these records were not available in the Bank files. It is true that<\/p>\n
during the course of cross examination of MW2 the petitioner<\/p>\n
showed these letters to him and questioned him as to who had<\/p>\n
written those letters. In response to that question, referring to<\/p>\n
these letters, his natural reaction was that these letters were<\/p>\n
written by the account holders, whose names were mentioned in<\/p>\n
the letters itself. But however, in the face of the contention of<\/p>\n
the Bank that these letters were not available on the files of the<\/p>\n
Bank, I am not prepared to take the evidence of MW2 as one<\/p>\n
WP(C) 30134\/03                 -: 6 :-<\/span><\/p>\n
confirming the genuineness of these letters nor its availability on<\/p>\n
the files of the Bank. That apart, if the petitioner strongly relied<\/p>\n
on these letters, it was upto him to prove the authenticity of<\/p>\n
these documents by examining the authors of those letters as his<\/p>\n
witnesses.    This has not done in this case. In such case, the<\/p>\n
Enquiry Officer has not relied on these letters and I cannot find<\/p>\n
any fault with the Enquiry Officer in this respect as well.<\/p>\n
      6. Next is the contention regarding the non-supply of the<\/p>\n
documents in terms of Regulation 6(3) of Canara Bank Officer<\/p>\n
Employees’ (Discipline & Appeal) Regulations.            While the<\/p>\n
petitioner would allege that he was not given documents,<\/p>\n
paragraph 14 of the counter affidavit filed by the Bank would<\/p>\n
show that all the documents relied on against the petitioner were<\/p>\n
in fact supplied.   Therefore, though the petitioner asserts the<\/p>\n
non-availability of the documents, the Bank is disputing the<\/p>\n
correctness of the averments. I also notice that the petitioner<\/p>\n
has not raised his contention with regard to the non-availability<\/p>\n
of these documents along with the memo of charges in his<\/p>\n
written statement or the representation filed against the report of<\/p>\n
the Enquiry Officer or even in the appeal filed before the<\/p>\n
WP(C) 30134\/03                 -: 7 :-<\/span><\/p>\n
Appellate Authority. Added to this, is the fact that he could not<\/p>\n
prove any prejudice that has been caused to him, if at all these<\/p>\n
documents were not made available along with the memo of<\/p>\n
charges.\n<\/p>\n
      7. Last is the plea of malafides arising out of the alleged<\/p>\n
inter union rivalry. I can understand, if malafides are alleged<\/p>\n
against the Disciplinary Authority or the Enquiry Officer and it is<\/p>\n
not the case. Here is a case where malafides are alleged against<\/p>\n
the witnesses, who are MW1 and MW2. The dependability of the<\/p>\n
evidence that was tendered by these witnesses was a matter to<\/p>\n
be assessed by the Enquiry Officer and it was totally upto the<\/p>\n
Enquiry Officer to come to his own conclusions. This could not<\/p>\n
have been influenced by these witnesses in any manner.<\/p>\n
Therefore the allegation of malafides have no substance.<\/p>\n
Assuming that there is any truth in the story alleged with regard<\/p>\n
to inter union rivalry that is pleaded, I do not want to go any<\/p>\n
further into the allegations for the reason that persons against<\/p>\n
whom malafide is alleged, have not been impleaded in this Writ<\/p>\n
Petition.\n<\/p>\n
      8. I do not find any merit in the contentions raised<\/p>\n
WP(C) 30134\/03                 -: 8 :-<\/span><\/p>\n
warranting interference with the finding of guilt or punishment<\/p>\n
that has been imposed on the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n
     Writ Petition is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                         Antony Dominic,
\n                                         Judge.\n<\/p>\n
ess 10\/8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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