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SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD
Debasis Mohapatra – Appellant
Versus
Canara Bank (Ertswhile Syndicate Bank) – Respondent
JUDGMENT (Oral)
C.M. No. 19837/2023 (Exemption)
Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.
LPA 368/2023
1. Aggrieved by the dismissal of the writ petition being W.P.(C) No.1271/2014, the Appellant herein has filed the instant LPA with the following prayers:
"1. Set aside the impugned Judgement dated 20.03.2023, passed by the Hon'ble Single Judge in case titled Debasis Mohapatra v. Canara Bank & Ors. (Erstwhile Syndicate Bank) bearing W.P.(C) No.1271 of 2014.
ii. Issue order or direction quashing of the order dtd. 26.11.2013 passed by the Reviewing Authority, The order dtd. 08.02.2013 passed by the Appellate Authority and, the penalty order dtd. 27.07.2011 passed by the Disciplinary Authority.
iii. Exonerate the Appellant and direct the Respondents to release his entire set of back wages along-with all the financial and service benefits that the Appellant was/would have been entitled to had he continued in service."
2. The facts of the case reveal that between 13.02.2009 and 27.11.2009, the Appellant was posted as Assistant General Manager with the Syndicate Bank, East Patel Nagar, Delhi. By a notification dated 04.03.2020, the Syndicate Bank has been amalgamated into Canara Bank. The all
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