IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NO.2463 OF 2015

[Arising out of S.L.P. (Civil) No. 3686 OF 2007]

Assistant General Manager, State Bank of

India & Others

... Appellants

Versus

Radhey Shyam Pandey

... Respondent

WITH

CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 2287-2288 OF 2010

CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 5035-5037 OF 2012

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 10813 OF 2013

J U D G M E N T

Dipak Misra, J.

Leave granted in S.L.P. (Civil) No. 3686 of 2007.

2.

Having regard to the commonality of controversy in this batch

of appeals it was heard together and is disposed of by a singular

judgment. For the sake of clarity and convenience, I shall

adumbrate the facts from Civil Appeal Nos. 2287-2288 of 2010

and at the appropriate stage refer to the views expressed in other

appeals. The 1^st respondent, M.P. Hallan, an ex-serviceman

Digitally signed by

Chetan Kumar

Date: 2015.02.26

18:26:21 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

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joined as a clerk on 18.5.1981 in the appellant-Bank which has

been constituted under the State Bank of India Act, 1955 (for

brevity ‘the Act’). The Indian Banks Association (I.B.A.), after

obtaining approval from the Government of India evolved a

Volunta