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UKHC010112362024
2026:UHC:5920-DB SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s
order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS
WPSB/439/2024
Baij Nath
--Petitioner Versus Bank Of Baroda & Others --Respondents
Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. Hon’ble Pankaj Purohit, J.
Mr. Pulak Raj Mullick, Advocate for the petitioner, through VC. Mr. Siddharth Jain, Advocate, for the respondents.
(2) Petitioner was employed with Bank of Baroda and he tendered resignation, which was accepted w.e.f.
24.12.1992. According to petitioner, he is entitled to pension in terms of Circular dated 28.5.2024. Relief sought in the writ petition is as follows:
“(a) issue a writ,
order or direction, in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondents to cover the petitioner under the Circular dated 28.05.2024 (Annexure No. 1); r/w the Pension Scheme i.e. Bank of Baroda Employees’ Pension Regulations, 1995 (Annexure 3) and to hold that the case of the petitioner falls in the four corners of the GO dated 16.03.2024 (issued by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India) vide forwarding letter of Indian Banks’ Association dated 16.03.2024 (Annexure No. 2); otherwise the petitioner shall suffer irreparable loss, financial and mental hardship and injury, which cannot be compensated by any means;”
UKHC010112362024
2026:UHC:5920-DB (3) Having regard to the relief claimed, we think that ends of justice would be met if petitioner is permitted to make representation to respondent no. 2. We, accordingly, dispose of the writ petition by permitting the petitioner to make representation to respondent no. 2. If he makes such representation within three weeks from today, decision thereupon shall be taken, as per law, within six months thereafter.
(Pankaj Purohit, J.) (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.)
16.7.2026 Pr
PRABODH KUMAR Digitally signed by PRABODH KUMAR DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=3a082a00a95aff911a9559743af8f21c50602ff6eae4e61 af3aeab198d462503, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=0DC111E8D8CA66E16B940EFDF806ACCC1AB58 8052DF6FCA58C67F3C91957BE53, cn=PRABODH KUMAR Date: 2026.07.16 16:10:59 +05'30'