STATE BANK OF INDIA vs KUNDAL LAL ARYA

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 27.10.2025 Pronounced on:06.01.2026 W.P.(C) 1311/2007 STATE BANK OF INDIA .....Petitioner Through: Mr.S.L. Gupta, Adv. versus KUNDAL LAL ARYA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Jitender Ratta, Ms. Anjana, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR JUDGMENT RENU BHATNAGAR, J. CM APPL. 20215/2018 1. This is an application filed on behalf of the respondent/workman under Section 17B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947(hereinafter referred to as, ‘ID Act’) read with Section 226 of the Constitution of India seeking direction to the petitioner/management to pay the respondent/workman his last drawn wages or minimum wages, whichever is higher, from the date of the Impugned Award dated 11.10.2006, vide Order dated 26.03.2007. 2. Briefly stated, the respondent/workman was employed by the W.P.(C) 1311/2007 3. The learned counsel for the respondent/workman submits that since his termination, the respondent has remained unemployed and has not been able to secure any gainful employment despite his best efforts, an affidavit to this effect has also been filed. It is further submitted that the respondent/workman is facing significant financial