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Manoj Kumar v. Uco Bank and Another

Punjab & Haryana HC27 Oct 2025CWP/28378/2025

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What is this about?

Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh; CWP-28378-2025; Manoj Kumar v. UCO Bank and Another; Justice Sandeep Moudgil; decision 27.10.2025; writ of mandamus; Articles 226/227 Constitution of India; premature retirement on medical grounds; Regulation No.32 UCO Bank (Employees Pension Regulations, 1998; retirement benefits; legal notice dated 12.08.2025 Annexure P-8; speaking order; petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to challenge speaking order; bank employee pension; UCO Bank.

What did the court decide?

Permission to withdraw the writ petition granted, with liberty to challenge the speaking order deciding the legal notice dated 12.08.2025 (Annexure P-8), if need be. ¶17

Manoj Kumar Vs Uco Bank and Another — Writ and Judicial Review | Punjab & Haryana HC (2025)

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Outcome

Permission to withdraw the writ petition granted, with liberty to challenge the speaking order deciding the legal notice dated 12.08.2025 (Annexure P-8), if need be.

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Issue for consideration

Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the respondents to consider the petitioner's claim for premature retirement in view of his present health condition under Regulation No.32 of the UCO Bank (Employees Pension Regulations, 1998 or any other applicable regulation, along with all retirement benefits on medical grounds, and to further direct the respondents to decide the petitioner's legal notice dated 12.08.2025 (Annexure P-8).

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Ratio / Principle

Upon being informed that the legal notice dated 12.08.2025 (Annexure P-8) had already been decided by a speaking order conveyed to the petitioner, the Court accepted the prayer for withdrawal and dismissed the petition as withdrawn, granting liberty to challenge the said speaking order, if need be. The substantive claim under Regulation No.32 was not decided on merits.

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Writ petition (CWP-28378-2025) under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India by Manoj Kumar against UCO Bank and Another, seeking mandamus to consider his claim for premature retirement on medical grounds under Regulation No.32 of the UCO Bank (Employees Pension Regulations, 1998 or other applicable regulation, with all retirement benefits, and to decide his legal notice dated 12.08.2025 (Annexure P-8). On notice, respondent-UCO Bank (through Mr. Nonish Kumar, Advocate) submitted that the legal notice had already been decided by a speaking order, copy conveyed to the petitioner. Counsel for the petitioner (Mr. Naveen Sheokand, Advocate) sought withdrawal with liberty to challenge the speaking order, if need be. Sandeep Moudgil, J. accepted the prayer and dismissed the petition as withdrawn with the said liberty (decision dated 27.10.2025). No merits finding was recorded on the pension/premature-retirement claim.

Manoj Kumar v. Uco Bank and Another

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