W.P.(C) 1320/2025 $~97 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 1320/2025 MD. HIKMATYAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sagar Saxena, Mr. Parmeet Singh, Mr. Sarthak Pandey and Mr. Krishnandu Haldar, Advocates. versus CANARA BANK THROUGH MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CEO & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Puneet Taneja, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Anil Kumar, Mr. Manmohan Singh Narula and Mr. Amit Yadav, Advocates. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN O R D E R % 10.02.2025 CM APPL. 7885/2025 (for early hearing) This is an application for early hearing of the petition. For the reasons stated in the application, and with the consent of the parties, the application is allowed and the matter is taken on Board. W.P.(C) 1320/2025 1. The petitioner has filed this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, challenging an order of the Disciplinary Authority dated 29.11.2024, by which he has been dismissed from service of respondent No. 1 – Bank. 2. It is stated in the writ petition that the petitioner has already filed This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 17/02/2025 at 17:34:36 W.P.(C) 1320/2025 an appeal against the impugned order, which remains pending. 3. Mr. Sagar Saxena, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits, upon instructions, that he would be satisfied at this stage with a direction that the appeal be disposed of expeditiously. 4. Mr. Puneet Taneja, learned Senior Counsel for the Bank, appears on advance notice, and is agreeable to such an order. 5. The writ petition is disposed of, with a direction that the appeal, filed by the petitioner against the impugned disciplinary order, be disposed of as expeditiously as possible, and in any event within a period of eight weeks from today. 6. All rights and contentions of the parties are expressly reserved, and the petitioner’s remedies, in the event of an adverse order, are also reserved. PRATEEK JALAN, J FEBRUARY 10, 2025 SS/kb/ This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 17/02/2025 at 17:34:36