Mangnoo Jha, a Punjab National Bank employee who rose from Clerk-cum-Cashier to Assistant Manager, was dismissed from service on 01.11.2012 following departmental disciplinary proceedings initiated after two FIRs were registered against him in 1999 alleging fraud and defalcation of bank funds. The petitioner challenged his dismissal and the appellate order dated 27.03.2014 before the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), contending that the disciplinary proceedings were vitiated by serious procedural irregularities, including non-supply of demanded documents, ex parte conduct of enquiry behind his back, non-production of original documents, and denial of effective opportunity to cross-examine witnesses and present defence witnesses. The High Court had earlier, vide order dated 21.02.2012 in Writ Petition No.1324 (S/B) of 2008, directed that documents necessary for the petitioner's defence be supplied or made available for inspection, but the petitioner alleged that this direction was not complied with. The judgment text as provided sets out the factual background and procedural history in detail but does not record the final operative order or outcome of the present writ petition.