STATE BANK OF INDIA vs KUNDAL LAL ARYA

Judgment text excerpt

* 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 Page 1 of 13 Signature Not Verified Signed By:MADHU SARDANA Signing Date:06.01.2026 16:24:13 petitioner bank as a peon on daily wages since June 1994, with a last drawn salary of Rs. 2550/- P.M. @ Rs. 85 per day. The respondent was terminated on 08.07.2002, which was alleged to be illegal and wrongful. Being aggrieved with his termination, the respondent initiated an industrial dispute, which led to the Impugned Award dated 11.10.2006 passed by the learned Labour Court directing the petitioner management to reinstate the respondent/workman on the same post with 50% back wages along with continuity of service and with all consequential benefits, within two months of the said Award. Aggrieved thereof, the petitioner had approached this Court by way of the captioned writ petition, wherein this court was pleased to stay the impugned award during the pendency of the captioned writ subject to the petitioner bank depositing 50% o