State Bank of India, Mumbai vs S. Kalavathi

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2026 Supreme(Mad) 820

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
R.SURESH KUMAR, V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN
State Bank of India, Mumbai – Appellant
Versus
S. Kalavathi – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellants : Mr. C. Mohan for M/s. King and Partridge
For the Respondent: Ms. Vaigai, Senior Counsel for Ms. Anna Mathew.

Table of Content
1. employment recruitment process details. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7)
2. arguments regarding appointment termination. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 15)
3. court's reasoning on process and fairness. (Para 18 , 19 , 24 , 40)
4. indications of legal precedents and their application. (Para 22 , 25 , 36 , 39)
5. dismissal of appeal due to lack of merit. (Para 60)

JUDGMENT :

V. LAKSHMINARAYANAN, J.

The present appeal arises against the order of the learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P.No.650 of 2022 dated 09.04.2025.

2. The appellants are the respondents before the writ court. For the sake of convenience, the parties shall be referred to as per their ranks in the writ petition.

3. The writ petitioner applied pursuant to a recruitment notification issued by the respondents on 27.07.2020. The petitioner was called upon to take up a written examination and also an interview. The petitioner was successful in both the examinations and was issued an order of appointment on 12.03.2021. A joining order was issued by the respondents calling upon the petitioner to join in the Chennai Circle as a Circle Based Officer on 21.06.2021. The petitioner was kept on six months’ probation.

4. On 19.08.2021,