$~14 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 7069/2017 & CM APPLs. 41456/2021, 31447/2023, 8696/2024, 75169/2024, 19920/2025, 11258-11259/2026 GURBACHAN SINGH CHHATWAL .....Petitioner Through: Appearance not given.

versus PUNJAB & SIND BANK .....Respondent Through: Mr. Rajat Arora and Mr. Sourabh Mahla, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

O R D E R

% 18.02.2026

1. This writ petition seeks a direction to Punjab & Sind Bank/Respondent No. 1 for payment of full pension and arrears thereof to the Petitioner, together with the full amount of gratuity along with interest from the date of his retirement. The petition further assails letters dated 1^st July, 2011 and 29^th January, 2014 whereby the Petitioner was denied payment of gratuity and was restricted to minimum pension, respectively.

2. During the pendency of the present proceedings, the Petitioner deceased. The writ petition is now being prosecuted by his wife, Smt.

Davinder Kaur, who has been brought on record as his legal representative.

3. The factual matrix necessary for adjudication of the present petition is that the Petitioner was serving as a Branch Manager with the Respondent Bank at its Branch Office i