The respondent approached the High Court with the prayer that he is entitled to be held an employee of the Bank of Cochin on the date the Bank stood amalgamated with the State Bank of India and therefore he is entitled to be posted against a post of Deputy General Manager under the State Bank of India.
But, while companytinuing as such Chairman, on a set of charges against him, a proceeding was initiated by the RBI and ultimately by order dated 2.4.1983 he was removed from the post of Chairman.
721/97 which upheld the judgment of the learned Single Judge in allowing a writ petition filed by the first respondent.
A suit appears to have been filed by the Bank against the respondent and a decree has been obtained, but that is of numberconsequence in deciding the point in issue.
The State Bank of India as well as the Reserve Bank of India filed their objections companynter affidavits before the High Court.
This appeal by the State Bank of India is directed against the judgment of the Division Bench of Kerala High Court in Writ Appeal No.
Suffice it to say that the respondent was a permanent employee under the Bank of Cochin and was serving as a Deputy General Manager DGM .
9.8.1985.
It is number necessary for us to traverse the long facts.
