IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.848 of 2010 1. DHARMENDRA SINHA S/O LATE SHRI MADAN MOHAN PRASAD R/O B-49, SRI KRISHANPURI, PATNA-800001, PRESENTLY POSTED AS SENIOR MANAGER , PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK, BORING ROAD BRANCH, PATNA Versus 1. THE PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK , THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN-CUM-MANAGING DIRECTOR, PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK HAVING ITS OFFICE AT CORPORATE OFFICE , BHIKHAJI CAMA COMPLEX, NEW DELHI 2. THE CHAIRMAN -CUM-MANAGING DIRECTOR, PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK HAVING ITS OFFICE AT CORPORATE OFFICE, BHIKHAJI CAMA COMPLEX, NEW DELHI 3. THE GENERAL MANAGER-CUM-APPELLATE AUTHORITY , PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK BHIKHAJI CAMA COMPLEX, NEW DELHI 4. THE DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER-CUM-DISCIPLINARY AUTHORITY , PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK ZONAL OFFICE , R-BLOCK, PATNA. For the Appellant: Mr. Ashwini Kumar Singh, Sr. Adv. For the P.N.B. : Mr. Suresh Pd. Singh No.1, Adv. ----------- 3/ 21/06/2010 Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned counsel for the respondents. The only ground urged before us by the learned Senior Counsel Shri Ashwini Kumar Singh appearing for the appellant was that the appellant was not wholly negligent, but at best left certain columns blank in the security documents. It was urged that he has an impeccable service record except for the present episode. Relying upon Clause-1.2 of the Staff Accountability Policy the punishment was excessive. It was urged that this ground had not been raised in the memo of appeal or before the Reviewing authority. The - 2 - appellant therefore desired to represent on the quantum of punishment in light thereof. Learned counsel for the Bank urged that the matter has adequately been considered by the appellate authority and the Review authority when all grounds raised by the appellant have been considered. From the judgement impugned it does not appear that the ground urged before us was raised before the writ court. We accordingly dispose off this appeal on the limited question only which has been urged before us on the issue of the quantum of punishment. It is expected that if the appellant files any such representation the Bank shall not feel inhibited by its earlier orders of the appellant authority or the review authority and shall consider the present issue under Clause-1.2 of the Staff Accountability Policy with regard to which we express no opinion. The appeal stands disposed with the aforesaid observations. KC ( Navin Sinha, J.) ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)