CWP No.3229 of 1988 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C. W. P. No.3229 of 1988 Date of Decision: 16 - 12 - 2008 The Rewari Central Cooperative Bank Ltd. ....Petitioner v. The Registrar, Coop. Societies, Haryana ....Respondents and others CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA *** Present: None for the petitioner. Mr.K.S.Godara, DAG, Haryana for respondents No.1 and 2. Mr.I.D.Singla, Advocate for respondent No.3. *** KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA (ORAL) The present writ petition has been filed by the Rewari Central Cooperative Bank Ltd., Rewari through its Managing Director against the order Annexure P-2 passed by the Joint Registrar (Enforcement) Co- operative Societies, Haryana, Chandigarh exercising the powers of Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Haryana. Case of the petitioner is that Rameshwar Dayal was employed as Secretary, Mini Bank under the petitioner-Bank i.e. the Rewari Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Rewari. Under Rule 27 of the Haryana State CWP No.3229 of 1988 [2] Central Cooperative Banks' Staff Service (Common Cadre) Rules, 1975 (hereinafter to be referred as, `the Rules'), respondent No.3 Rameshwar Dayal was served with a charge sheet that he has embezzled amount of Rs.517/- and mis-utilized the funds to the tune of Rs.8456.11 paise. It is stated that charge sheet was duly received and acknowledged by the delinquent employee who was asked to deposit the amount within 7 days. A final show cause notice was issued on 16.12.1985. On 31.12.1985, Board of Directors had assembled for giving personal hearing to the employee. Since Rameshwar Dayal respondent No.3 had not appeared, the matter was adjourned. It is stated that on 17.2.1986 against a proper receipt a sum of Rs.12,384.85 paise was deposited on behalf of employee Rameshwar Dayal. On 18.3.1986, Board of Directors decided to dismiss the services of respondent No.3 Rameshwar Dayal. Aggrieved against the order of dismissal, Rameshwar Dayal filed an appeal before the Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Haryana which was decided vide Annexure P-2. A perusal of the impugned order show that in the present case no enquiry was conducted as delinquent employee had accepted all the allegations. Further more, it was held by the Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies in the impugned order, punishment was proposed by the Managing Director of the respondent-Bank, whereas appointing authority qua the employee was Board of Directors. Argument was also raised before the Joint Registrar that employee had not embezzled and mis-utilized the funds mentioned in the order of dismissal. In the impugned order, Joint Registrar took into consideration the fact that the embezzled amount has been deposited by the employee and charge was for a meagre amount of CWP No.3229 of 1988 [3] Rs.517/-, therefore, taking into consideration proportionality of punishment to be awarded, order of dismissal was set aside and it was ordered that two annual increments with cumulative effect be not paid to the delinquent employee. This order was passed on 14.12.1987. The present writ petition was filed in the year 1988. It is stated that employee by now has retired. Therefore, by efflux of time, the present writ petition has lost its sting. In the present case, amount of embezzlement and misutilisation had been deposited and accepted by the petitioner-Bank. Therefore, there is no manifest error in the order passed by the Joint Registrar, Co-operative Socieities, Haryana while exercising powers of the Appellate Authority. In view of above, no interference is warranted while exercising writ jurisdiction when the impugned order is not perverse. Hence, there is no merit in the present petition and the same is dismissed. ( KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA ) December 16, 2008. JUDGE RC