No numberice was issued to the appellant bank at all and the Letters Patent Appeal was allowed and the appellant was directed to reinstate the respondents 1 9 immediately and to pay them full monetary benefits.
The respondents challenged the termination of their services by filing a writ petition in the Patna High Court on the ground that the impugned orders have been passed without giving any opportunity to them to place their case.
In the meantime the respondents 1 9 challenged the latter part of the Judgment of the learned single Judge refusing their prayer for immediate reinstatement in service.
The respondents 1 9 were appointed to different posts in the appellant companyoperative bank.
Subsequently their services were terminated on the ground that the initial appointments were illegal.
The matter was placed for admission before a Division Bench with numberice only to the State companynsel, who did number represent the appellant bank.
However, subject to the observation that if ultimately the result of the inquiry goes against the respondents, they would be removed from service.
This is challenged by the appellant before us.
Special leave is granted.
The appeal arises in the following circumstances.
Accordingly a proceeding was started.
