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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

% Date of decision: 16^th December, 2025

+ W.P.(C) 11575/2023

ANIL MALHOTRA .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. R. Vasudevan & Mr. N.C.

Gupta, Advs.

versus

BANK OF BARODA & ORS. .....Respondents

Through: Ms. Praveena Gautam, Ms.

Tissy A. Thomas, Mr. Pawan Shukla & Mr. Rohan Bansla,

Advs. for Bank.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AVNEESH JHINGAN

AVNEESH JHINGAN, J. (ORAL)

1. This petition is filed seeking setting aside of the order dated 28.08.2023 restricting the pension of the petitioner to two-third and the note put up before the Board of Directors (for short ‘BoD’) for approval of proceedings under Regulation 33 of the Bank of Baroda (Employees’) Pension Regulations, 1995 (for short ‘the Regulations’). 2. The brief facts are that the petitioner was working with the respondent Bank. The departmental proceedings initiated culminated in an order dated 27.05.2016 compulsorily retiring the petitioner. On 14.07.2020, two-third pension of the petitioner was fixed and being aggrieved thereof the petitioner filed W.P.(C) 904/2021. The writ petition was allowed on 08.12.2022 directing the respondent Bank to

take a fresh decision by passing a reasoned order, after giving