$~13 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 10201/2016 RAMESH CHANDRA SUMAN .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Shanti Prakash, Adv.

versus GENERAL MANAGER (NW-III)/(DISCIPLINARY AUTHORITY) STATE BANK OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Siddharth Sangal & Ms. Richa Mishra, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

O R D E R

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1. This writ petition is directed against order dated 24^th July, 2014 passed by the Disciplinary Authority, the appellate order dated 5^th November, 2014, and the order dated 4^th June, 2015 passed by the Review Committee. By the disciplinary order, the Petitioner was visited with the penalty of “censure” coupled with a monetary penalty of INR 20,000/-.

Factual Background

2. The Petitioner, at the relevant time, was posted as Chief Manager at the Mainpuri Branch of the State Bank of India, Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh. During his tenure, certain issues arose in relation to measures adopted by the branch in respect of accounts of Shri Harsh Chet and Shri Praful Chet, who, apart from being borrowers of the Bank, were also landlords of the branch premises. The Bank proceeded under the framework of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Finan