1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT NAGPUR Letters Patent Appeal No. 485/2010. In Writ Petition No. 4618/2009 (D). Jagannath s/o Biharilal Shukla ...VERSUS.. Regional Manager, Central Bank of India, Kamptee Road, Sadar, Nagpur. =-=-=---=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Office Notes, Office Memorandum of Coram appearances, Court's orders of directions & Registrar's orders. Court's or Judges Order =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==- Mr. V.P. Marpakwar, Advocate for Appellant. Mr. B. Lahiri, Advocate for Respondent. C ORAM : SMT. VASANTI A. NAIK; AND PRASANNA B. VARALE, JJ. DATED : 28th June, 2011. Heard Shri Marpakwar, the learned counsel for the appellant and Shri Lahiri, the learned counsel for the respondent. We find nothing wrong with the order passed by the Central Government Industrial Tribunal upholding the charge and the consequential dismissal of the appellant by the respondent. In the mercy petition to the respondent-Bank, the appellant had accepted that he had forged the signature of Shri Nagnathan. The CGIT rightly found that Shri Nagnathan had denied that the signature on the said document was his signature and had asserted that it was forged. Though, the appellant stated in his cross-examination that the statement made in the mercy appeal was made under compulsion, the CGIT and the learned Single Judge found that the appellant had not raised any such defence at the first opportunity, while filing the statement of claim. The CGIT on a 2 perusal of the material evidence on record, rightly held that the dismissal of the appellant from service was just and proper. There is no merit in the Letters Patent Appeal. The same is dismissed with no order as to costs. JUDGE JUDGE NSN