JITENDRA KUMAR KAUSHIK vs UCO BANK

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$~10 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Decided on 22.01.2025 + W.P.(C) 8159/2018 JITENDRA KUMAR KAUSHIK .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ram Anugrah Singh, Mr. Vivek Singh Somvanshi, Ms. Alpana Kiran and Mr. Suyash Pandey, Advocates. versus UCO BANK .....Respondent Through: Mr. Abdul Wahid, Advocate. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioner assails an order of dismissal from the services of the respondent-UCO Bank dated 28.12.2015, which has been affirmed by the Appellate Authority on 31.03.2016, and by the Reviewing Authority on 25.07.2017. 2. The petitioner joined the services of the respondent-Bank on 01.04.1994, and was subsequently promoted to the post of Assistant Manager, Model Basti, New Delhi Branch. 3. Upon a complaint of a customer, a show cause notice was issued to the petitioner on 04.07.2015, in which it was stated that he had committed various irregularities. A summary of the allegations mentioned against the petitioner in the said show cause notice are as follows: a. On 27.05.2015, a customer of the respondent- Bank, namely, Mr. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 8159/2018 Page 1 of 9 By:SHITU NAGPAL Signing Date:24.01.2025 20:13:18 Lekhraj Singh, visited the Branch to deposit a sum of Rs. 1,00,000/- in the account of his son, Mr. Narender Singh. He also handed over to the petitioner, a withdrawal slip for the sum of Rs. 50,000/- from his own account. The said amount was also to be deposited in the account of Mr. Narender Singh. The petitioner was requested to issue Fixed Deposit Receipts [“FDRs”] for the entire sum of Rs. 1,50,000/- from the account of Mr. Narender Singh. Although a cash receipt for the sum of Rs. 1,00,000/- was handed over by the petitioner to Mr. Lekhraj Singh, the amount was