JUDGMENT :

M.R. SHAH, J.

1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order dated 16.03.2021 passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru in Writ Appeal No. 4220 of 2011 by which the High Court has dismissed the said Writ Appeal No. 4220 of 2011 preferred by the appellant-employer/SBI and has confirmed the judgment and order passed by the learned Single Judge setting aside the order of dismissal passed by the Disciplinary Authority and directing the Bank to pay to the delinquent officer consequential benefits without back wages, the appellant SBI-employer has preferred the present appeal.

2. The facts leading to the present appeal in nutshell are as under:

That the respondent herein - the delinquent officer was working as a Deputy Manager (Cash) at SSI Peenya II Stage Branch of the SBI Bank at Bangalore from 14.03.1996 onwards. That there was a requirement of Rs. 10 lakhs which was required to be collected from Peenya Industrial Estate Branch of the Bank. That on the basis of one forged letter dated 06.08.1996, the delinquent officer withdrew Rs. 10 lakhs fraudulently. The delinquent officer produced a false letter dated 06.08.1996 at Peenya Industrial Est