VIJAY SHANKAR PATIL DECD THRU LHRS AND ANR vs UCO BANK THR ITS DIVISIONAL MANAGER

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NEETA SAWANT WP-18098-2024-FC IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 18098 OF 2024 1. Vijay Shankar Patil, since deceased through Legal Heirs 1a. Priyanka Vijay Patil 1b. Mukesh Vijay Patil 1c. Yogesh Vijay Patil 2. Dilip S. Kotharkar, since deceased through Legal Heirs 2a. Deepali Dilip Kotharkar 2b. Harshikesh Dilip Kotharkar 2c. Gautami Dilip Kotharkar ….Petitioners : Versus : UCO Bank, through its Divisional Manager ….Respondent Mr. Ashok T. Gade with Ms. Riya John, for the Petitioners. Mr. Ashok D. Shetty, with Mr. Swapnil P. Kamble, Ms. Rita K. Joshi, Mr. Rahul P. Shetty and Mr. Shashikant D. Patil, for Respondent. CORAM : SANDEEP V. MARNE, J. Judgment Reserved on : 19 March 2025. Judgment Pronounced on : 25 March 2025. JUDGMENT : 1) Petitioners have filed this petition challenging the judgment and order dated 29 August 2024 passed by the Presiding Officer, Central Government Industrial Tribunal-II, Mumbai to the Page No.1 of 23 25 March 2025 NEETA SAWANT WP-18098-2024-FC extent of denial of interest on the legal dues payable towards implementation of the Award dated 16 September 1999. 2) Two workmen-Vijay Shankar Patil and Dilip S. Kotharkar were working with the Respondent-Bank and were terminated from service. At their instance, Reference CGIT No.2/13 of 1999 relating to their demand for reinstatement was registered with Central Government Industrial Tribunal-II, Mumbai (CGIT). The Reference was answered by the CGIT in favour of the workmen by setting aside their termination and directing their reinstatement with full backwages w.e.f. 29 May 1997 alongwith continuity of service. The Bank filed Writ Petition No.4510/2000 in this Court challenging the Award dated 16 September 1999. The Petition came to be dismisse