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2. The respondent in each appeal was an employee of the appellant bank.

Nand Lal Phatnani the respondent in LPA No.673/2015 superannuated on May 31, 2010. Harvinder Pal Singh the respondent in LPA No.674/2015 superannuated on July 31, 2011. Paramjit Singh Anand the respondent in LPA No.675/2015 superannuated on July 30, 2013. Parminder Singh the respondent in LPA No.676/2015 superannuated on August 27, 2010 and Harpreet Singh Makker the respondent in LPA No.677/2015 superannuated on November 30, 2012. All of them were charge-sheeted under charge- sheet(s) dated December 26, 2014. Whereas Nand Lal Phatnani, Harpreet Singh Makker and Paramjit Singh Anand were charge-sheeted for the same acts of omission and commission, being members of a loan committee, pertaining to enhanced limits of a bank guarantee furnished by the bank at the instance of M/s.Zoom Developers Pvt. Ltd.; Harvinder Pal Singh and Parminder Singh were charge-sheeted concerning the enhancement of the said bank guarantee in their capacity as a Branch Manager and the General Manager. Therefore, it is apparent that allegations in the charge-sheet against Nand Lal Phatnani, Harpreet Singh Makker and Paramjit Singh Anand were the same concerning acts of omission and commission and against Harvinder Pal Singh and Parminder Singh were near identical, bringing out the acts of omission and commission by the two. Concededly the common ground of all parties i.e. the appellant bank and the respondents in the five appeals is that the acts of omission and commission complained of, preceded four years from the date when the charge-sheet was issued.