HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** ****

Vinod Jetley ... Petitioner VS.

State Bank of India & Ors. ... Respondents ****

1. Judgment reserved on 21.04.2026 2. Judgment pronounced on 22.05.2026 3. Judgment uploaded on 25.05.2026

4. Whether operative or full judgment Full 5. Delay in pronouncement of full judgment and reasons, if any NA ****

CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL ****

Present: Mr. Amit Sharma, Advocate for petitioner (legal aid counsel)

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Sandeep Moudgil, J.

(1). The jurisdiction of this Court has been invoked under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, for issuing a writ of certiorari for quashing the impugned order dated 09.01.1997, 17.02.1997 and 06.05.1997 (Annexures P3, P7 & P8, respectively) as well as the memos dated 24.10.1997 and 16.12.1997 (Annexures P9 & P10, respectively) and to direct the respondents to open the sealed cover proceedings in respect of promotion of the petitioner to SMGS-IV w.e.f. 01.11.1995 and promote him in the aforesaid grade.

(2). Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that while working in SMGS-III with the respondent-Bank, he became eligible for promotion to SMGS Scale –IV w.e.f. 01.11.1995 and as suc