STATE BANK OF INDIA & ORS. vs AJAY KUHAR GULATI

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$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 29.04.2025 + LPA 173/2025 STATE BANK OF INDIA & ORS. .....Appellants Through: Mr.Rajiv Kapur, SC for SBI with Mr.Akshit Kapur, AOR. versus AJAY KUHAR GULATI .....Respondent Through: Mr.Aseem Mehrotra, Ms.Deeksha Mehrotra, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 13649/2025 1. This is an application seeking condonation of 14 days’ delay in filing the appeal. 2. For the reasons stated in the application, the delay is condoned. 3. The application is disposed of. LPA 173/2025 & CM APPL. 13595/2025 4. This appeal has been filed by the appellants, challenging the Judgment dated 09.12.2023 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P. (C) No.7773/2002 titled Ajay Kumar Gulati Vs. State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur (now State Bank of India) & Ors., whereby the learned Single Judge partially Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed LPA 173/2025 Page 1 of 7 By:RENUKA NEGI Signing Date:03.05.2025 16:42:21 allowed the writ petition filed by the respondent herein, with the following directions: “18. Ordinarily, in these circumstances, Court would have relegated the matter back to the IO for holding re-inquiry from the stage of furnishing the defence documents to the Petitioner but this course of action does not appeal at this stage for the reason that even on earlier occasion when the Division Bench had remitted the matter, the directions were flouted and secondly, the charge sheet was issued in the year 1991 and Petitioner has already suffered two inquiry proceedings in the last nearly 4 decades. Accordingly, the charge sheet dated 24.09.1991, inquiry report dated 28.03.2002, penalty order dated 26.07.2002 and the appellate order dated 03.10