GIT connect "connect to host HOSTNAME port 22: Bad file number" message shown

My Manager asked me sent it out c/Documents and Settings Administrator/.ssh/id_rsa.pub file to someone for adding so that git should be available to me. Once done with the approval , I tried with above command and faced Bad file name issue

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After addition of the key the GIT bash Testing connection using (ssh git@HOSTNAME info) command outputs as

gaurav.bahl@008_GAURAVB ~ $ ssh git@HOSTNAME info ssh: connect to host HOSTNAME port 22: Bad file number