RAM ASHISH DIXIT vs CHAIRMAN PURVANCHAL GRAMIN BANK LTD

The Supreme Court addressed the disciplinary proceedings against the appellant under the Gorakhpur Kshetriya Gramin Bank (Employees) Service Regulation, 1980, specifically Rules 17 and 19. The Court upheld the disciplinary authority's findings that the appellant had committed serious irregularities in loan disbursement, resulting in a punishment of increment stoppage and partial recovery of loan amounts. The Court ruled that the appellant's non-promotion was justified based on the criteria of seniority-cum-merit, affirming the decisions of the lower authorities.