Punjab & Sind Bank vs Ramesh Chandra Semwal

Case Significance

Punjab & Sind Bank vs Ramesh Chandra Semwal is a Delhi High Court decision dated February 27, 2026 (citation: ik-188602040). Punjab & Sind Bank challenged a CGIT award that held the termination of a temporary employee (peon) hired in 1988 to be illegal and ordered reinstatement with regularisation. The court partly upheld the award, confirming the termination was illegal for non-compliance with Section 25-F of the ID Act, but quashed the regularisation direction as ultra vires since the employee was hired informally without a selection process. In lieu of reinstatement, the court directed consolidated compensation The case was heard by Justice Shail Jain. Counsel appearing: Ankit Parindiyal (counsel for respondent), Hunny Singh (counsel for respondent), Niraj Kumar (counsel for petitioner), Rajat Arora (counsel for petitioner), Sandeep Sharma (counsel for respondent), Sourabh Mahila (counsel for petitioner).