Roop Singh Negi vs Punjab National Bank & Ors on 19 December, 2008
4. In our considered view, appellate authority while acting as a quasi-judicial authority is not to dispose of the appeal on its ipsi dixit but deal with the contentions and pass a reasoned order. Applicant right from the beginning has taken a stand of his non-involvement in the episode and has not committed any misconduct. The above aspect and the testimony of PWs 1 and 6 having not been considered at all, the other grounds raised by the applicant, though the penalty on compassionate grounds was reduced, yet in view of the decision of the Apex Court in Roop Singh Negi v. Punjab National Bank & others, 2009 (1) SCALE 286 as well as in G. Vallikumari v. Andhra Education Society & others, (2010) 1 SCC (L&S) 406 the order passed in the present form is not maintainable.