$~4 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 4824/2025 Y.P. SETHI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankit Dhawan and Mr. Mohit Miglani, Advocate with Petitioner in person. versus UNION BANK OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. O.P. Gaggar and Mr. Sachindra Karn, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

O R D E R

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1. The Petitioner joined the services of the Respondent Bank as a Clerk on 9^th July, 1971 and was promoted to the cadre of Officer with effect from 1^st October, 1984. In the year 1993, a memorandum of charges was issued to him and disciplinary proceedings were initiated. Upon conclusion of the inquiry, the Disciplinary Authority, by order dated 11^th February, 2000, imposed the penalty of dismissal from service. The Petitioner’s statutory appeal and review were rejected.

2. Aggrieved, the Petitioner instituted W.P.(C) 2167/2002. During its pendency, by interim order dated 21^st December, 2016, this Court directed reconsideration of the quantum of punishment, while recording concern that dismissal had the effect of wiping out retiral benefits earned across nearly three decades. The Bank thereafter passed an order dated 15^th April, 2017 maintaining th