STATE BANK OF INDIA vs PRESIDING OFFICER & ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 20.02.2026 Date of decision: 06.04.2026 Uploaded on:06.04.2026 + W.P.(C) 3643/2003 STATE BANK OF INDIA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rajiv Kapur, SC for SBI with Mr. Akhsit Kapur, Ms. Riya Sood, Advs. versus PRESIDING OFFICER & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Dinesh Kothari, Mr. B.S. Randhawa, Advs. for R-2 CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHAIL JAIN JUDGMENT SHAIL JAIN, J REVIEW PET. 211/2023 1. The present Review Petition has been filed by the Petitioner/Management i.e. State Bank of India seeking review of the judgment dated 02.06.2023 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) 3643/2003, whereby the writ petition preferred by the Petitioner challenging the Award dated 04.02.2003 passed by the learned Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court in I.D. No. 143/1997 came to be dismissed. Signature Not Verified Signed By:KAPIL KUMAR REVIEW PET. 211/2023 in W.P.(C) 3643/2003 Page 1 of 15 Signing Date:06.04.2026 15:52:52 2. The brief facts leading to the filing of the present Review Petition are enumerated herein under: A. The Respondent/Workman Shri S.K. Taparia joined the services of the Petitioner Bank in August 1974 as a Clerk on permanent basis at Sadulsahar Branch, Rajasthan and was subsequently transferred to various branches including Hapur Branch. B. The Respondent/Workman was placed under suspension with effect from 28.12.1989 on allegations of financial irregularities and misconduct. Thereafter, a charge-sheet was served upon him alleging inter alia that he had operated fictitious accounts, engaged in business transactions by forging signatures of customers, negotiated instruments beyond his known sources of income and maintained heavy personal transactions disproportionate to his income. C. A departmental