Ms N B Annapurna v. the Chairman and Managing Director
Case brief
What is this about?
Corporation Bank officer disciplinary enquiry; sixteen charges; agricultural loans; Brahmanipura branch; retired Assistant General Manager as enquiry officer; public servant under Section 21 IPC; Regulation 6(2) and Regulation 3(m) of Corporation Bank Officer Employees (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations 1982; sealed cover promotion MMG-IV; disproportionate punishment; reduction of one annual increment with cumulative effect; violation of interim order; promotional vacancies 113 to 117; Union Bank of India merger; writ under Articles 226 and 227; Karnataka High Court; NC: 2025:KHC:20245.
What did the court decide?
W.P.No.29738/2019 allowed-in-part: major penalty of reduction from MMG-III to MMG-II with basic pay of Rs.44,640/- per month set aside; minor penalty of reduction of one annual increment with cumulative effect imposed. W.P.No.10996/2019 allowed: sealed cover containing the 2018-19 promotion result to MMG-IV to be opened; petitioner granted promotion to MMG-IV from the date the vacancy arose in 2018-19 or, if there were no vacancies, from the date of promotion of respondent No.3 in W.P.No.5598/2020; grade and pay in MMG-III restored with all consequential benefits, to be granted within three months of receipt of certified copy of the order. W.P.No.5598/2020 stands disposed, no separate orders required.