PRIYANKA KUMARI vs INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Decided on: 20.02.2025 W.P.(C) 2034/2025 PRIYANKA KUMARI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sumit Sharma, Ms. Uma Gaur, Mr. Piyush Gaur, Advocates. versus INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Chandra Prakash, Advocate for IOB. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioner, who was working as an Assistant Manager in the respondent- Indian Overseas Bank [“the Bank”], has filed this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, challenging an order dated 15.04.20241, by which the Bank has terminated her services on account of prolonged unauthorised absence, and an appellate order dated 19.11.2024, by which the order of termination has been upheld. 2. The petitioner joined the Bank as an Assistant Manager on probation on 06.08.2012. She was posted in the Lucknow region from 12.08.2012 until 08.07.2016. She was then transferred to Delhi, at her request, where she worked in the Regional Office from 09.07.2016 to 18.07.2016, and at the Daryaganj Branch from 19.07.2016 to 04.08.2021. 1 Annexure A-1 to the writ petition. 2021. Upon her return from leave, she was posted in the Mahanagar Doorsanch