2026:CGHC:9200-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WA No. 174 of 2026

1 - Chhattisgarh Gramin Bank Through Its Chairman, Head Office, Sunder Nagar, Mahadev Ghat Road, Raipur, (Po And Ps), District - Raipur, MANPREET KAUR Chhattisgarh, Pin Code - 492001. Current Address - Sector 24, Plot No.

Digitally signed by MANPREET K D A at U e R : 2026.02.23 47, Village - Tuta, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, Dist - Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Pin

14:23:28 +0530 Code - 492018. ( Appellant Bank's Name Altered From Chhattisgarh Rajya Gramin Bank To Chattisgarh Gramin Bank Vide Gazette Notification Dated

24.10.2025 Publised By The Goi).

2 - General Manger (Administrative) Chhattisgarh Gramin Bank, Head Office, Sunder Nagar, Mahadev Ghat Road, Raipur, (Po And Ps), District - Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Pin Code - 492001. Current Address - Sector 24, Plot No. 47, Village - Tuta, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, Dist - Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Pin Code – 492018.

3 - The Disciplinary Authority Chhattisgarh Gramin Bank, Head Office, Sunder Nagar, Mahadev Ghat Road, Raipur, (Po And Ps), District - Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Pin Code - 492001. Current Address - Sector 24, Plot No. 47, Village - Tuta, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, Dist - Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Pin Code - 492018.

... Appellants versus

1 - Gopal Prasad Jaiswal (Legal Heirs) 1.1 Sushma Jaiswal ( Through Legal Heirs) In Compliance Of Honble Court Order Dated 27/08/2024, Dist - Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh.

1.1 - (A) Sushma Jaiswal Window Of Late Shri Gopal Prasad Jaiswal Aged About 57 Years R/o. Purani Basti, Gopiyapara Akaltara ( Po And Ps), Distt - Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh.

1.2 - (B). Anshul Jaiswal S/o Late Shri Gopal Prasad Jaiswal Aged About 32 Years R/o. Purani Basti, Gopiyapara Akaltara ( Po And Ps), Distt -

Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh.

... Respondents For Appellants : Mr. N. Naha Roy, Advocate For Respondents : Mr. Dinesh Yadav, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal , Judge Judgment on Board Per Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice

23.02.2026

1. Heard Mr. N. Naha Roy, learned counsel for the appellants as well as Mr. Dinesh Yadav, learned counsel appearing for the respondents on I.A. No.02, which is an application for condonation of delay of 12 days in preferring the appeal.

2. For the grounds assigned in the application (I.A. No.02), the same is allowed. Delay of 12 days in filing the writ appeal is hereby condoned.

3. The present intra Court appeal has been filed against the order dated 11.12.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in WPS No.1174 of 2023 whereby the writ petition filed by the writ petitioners before the learned Single Judge has been disposed of.

4. Brief facts of the case projected before the learned Single Judge were that

5. Brief facts of the case projected before the learned Single Judge were that the writ petitioner was serving as Branch Manager at the Thousir Branch of the respondent Bank during the period from 30.07.2008 to 24.05.2010. During the course of his service, he was placed under suspension vide order dated 17.04.2010 pending initiation of departmental proceedings. The writ petitioner remained under suspension for a prolonged period of four years and seven months. During this period, he was paid subsistence allowance at the rate of 50% of his wages, except for the initial three months when he was paid only one-third of his pay and allowances. According to the writ petitioner, there was no delay attributable to him in the conduct or completion of the departmental inquiry and the continued suspension was wholly unjustified.

6. Nearly eleven months after the suspension order, a charge-sheet dated 16.03.2011 was issued to the writ petitioner levelling five charges of misconduct. Charge No.1 pertained to alleged irregularities in sanctioning crop loans to farmers beyond the jurisdiction of the Thousir Branch, acceptance of forged B-1 Khasra documents, failure to conduct pre-sanction surveys, and sanction of loans for both Kharif and Rabi crops simultane