* 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

J U D G M E N T

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

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 lea