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Orissa High Court Grants Relief to Dismissed Central Bank Workers
Several workers at the Central Bank of India worked as cleaners and support staff.
They were employed on daily wages at different branches.
The workers were accused of using false or forged school certificates to obtain regular jobs in 2012.
After disciplinary proceedings, they were dismissed in 2016.
The workers challenged their dismissals in court.
On September 8, the Orissa High Court set aside those dismissals.
The court ordered the bank to reconsider their punishment.
It said the bank must consider their education, social status, and loss of livelihood, and cannot choose dismissal, removal, or compulsory retirement as the punishment.
The Orissa High Court set aside the dismissal of Central Bank of India safai karmacharis-cum-sub staff.
The workers had been employed on a daily-wage basis at different bank branches.
They were dismissed in 2016 after disciplinary proceedings concerning allegedly false or forged educational certificates.
The certificates were allegedly submitted to secure regular appointments in 2012.
The bank authority must reconsider the punishment, excluding dismissal, removal, or compulsory retirement, while considering the workers’ education, social status, and lost livelihood.
- Who
- Safai karmacharis-cum-sub staff of the Central Bank of India and the bank authority.
- What
- The Orissa High Court set aside the workers’ dismissals and ordered the punishment to be reconsidered.
- Where
- At different branches of the Central Bank of India; the ruling was issued by the Orissa High Court.
- When
- The workers were dismissed in 2016; the court issued its order on September 8.
- Why
- The workers had been dismissed after disciplinary proceedings found them guilty of submitting allegedly false or forged educational certificates to obtain regular appointments in 2012.
Key facts
- Court
- Orissa High Court
- Judge
- Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy
- Employer
- Central Bank of India
- Workers’ roles
- Safai karmachari-cum-sub staff
- Employment basis
- Daily-wage employment
- Dismissal year
- 2016
- Appointments at issue
- Regular appointments obtained in 2012
Quotes
Orissa High Court
The court hearing the workers’ service-related plea
“This court is inclined to pass such an order, taking into account the education and social status of the petitioners and the loss of livelihood of each of the Petitioners after being dismissed from their services in the year 2016”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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