T. Narasiah vs State Bank Of India And Ors. on 21 February, 1978
We cannot agree with the plea of the Bank
that sanctioning of retirement must be understood as
sanctioning of service which in term must be understood as
approval of service. Proceeding in the garb of disciplinary
proceedings cannot be permitted after an employee has ceased
to be in the service of the Bank as Service Rules do not
provide for continuation of disciplinary proceedings after
the date of superannuation. Sanction of the Bank is required
only if the retirement of an employee is by any other method
except superannuation. We do not think that the decision of
the Andhra Pradesh High Court in T. Narsiah vs. State Bank
of India & Ors. and that of the Bombay High Court in M/s.
J.K. Kulkarni vs. State Bank of India have laid down good
law.