CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA vs SH SOHAN KUMAR AND ANR.

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$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment pronounced on: 09.10.2025 + W.P.(C) 10301/2023 and CM APPL.39851/2023 CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sandeep Sethi, Sr. Advocate along with Mr. Sanjay Kapur and Mr. Surya Prakash, Advocates. versus SH SOHAN KUMAR AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anurag Mishra, Mr. Divyanshu Agarwal and Mr. Utkarsh Dwivedi, Advocates for R-1. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA JUDGMENT 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner assailing orders dated 03.11.2022 (being minutes of hearing dated 21.10.2022) and 14.07.2023 (being minutes of hearing dated 07.07.2023) issued by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC / respondent no.2) in File bearing No. S-48/Bank-50/2019/SSW-II (hereinafter collectively referred to as ‘the impugned order(s)’) and any further proceedings emanating thereof. 2. The present petition has been preferred in the background of written complaint dated 12.08.2016 filed by an account holder of the petitioner bank (not a party in the present proceedings) against the respondent no.1 (former employee of the petitioner bank, employed as a clerk / SWO-A at the W.P.(C) 10301/2023 Page 1 of 18 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ABHISHEK THAKUR Signing Date:08.10.2025 15:16:13 Selakui Branch, Dehradun) alleging that on 10.08.2016, the respondent no.1 had unauthorisedly withdrawn a sum of Rs. 20,000/- from the complainant’s bank account. 3. It is stated that on 16.08.2016, considering the gravity of offence, the respondent no.1 was placed under suspension. Thereafter, the departmental enquiry initiated against the respondent no.1 culminated in an Enquiry Report, whereby, charges against the respondent no.1 were found to have been established. The said Enquiry