{"id":228705,"date":"2010-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-gopal-vs-ms-canara-bank-on-24-august-2010"},"modified":"2016-02-14T19:29:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T13:59:48","slug":"r-gopal-vs-ms-canara-bank-on-24-august-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-gopal-vs-ms-canara-bank-on-24-august-2010","title":{"rendered":"R Gopal vs M\/S Canara Bank on 24 August, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
R Gopal vs M\/S Canara Bank on 24 August, 2010<\/div>\n
Author: A.N.Venugopala Gowda<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\nDATED THIS THE 24*\" DAY OF AUGUST, 2010,\n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.N. vENuGOPALA, GOw:OAi   \n\nWRIT PETITION i\\EO.81\"3iO\/2\u00ab0Q2',(S\u00a2i\u00a7): ':  \nBETWEEN:   it A'  T\n\nR.Gopa|, S\/0. V.N.Raghavan,*-__ \nAged 40 years and residing at  \n1826, II Stage, RajajEna.gar,,i\"\"' = \nBangaiore. V  p  \n\n .. PETITIONER\n\n1. iv'i\/s_. Canara Bank, a banking Company,\n '~'i.ncOrporated' \u00abI.-..n.der the banking\n\n_ Co'mfpan~ies (Acquisition and Undertaking)\n\n  ..IAct,,,I\u00ab9f;'Ofand having its H.O. at\n BAavng'a|Vorfe~.a'nd herein represented by\n\n \"Its Cii\u00e9irrtzan and Managing Director.\n\n 2. 4\"T.heaGenerai Manager,\n\n, _ Canara Bank,\n' \"Staff Administration Section,\n\n\"  Head Office, Bangaiore.\n\n RESPONDENTS<\/pre>\n
V m”(8y Smt. S.R.Anuradha, for Sri D.E..N. Rao, Adv.)<\/p>\n
This writ petition is filed under Articles 226an’d..227
\nof the Constitution of India praying to direct-oy.”‘the
\nrespondents to forthwith refund and pay to ti”ie-‘petitioner<\/p>\n
the sum of Rs.S0,000\/– (Rupees Fifty thousanVd’s-“onl_”y)’x4
\ncollected by them aliegedly under the bond –at_’Annexure~ “C 2 <\/p>\n
supra, with compensatory cost in—*the—-nyature_o’f’damagjes.’.,<\/p>\n
This petition coming on    <\/p>\n
Court made the following:\n<\/p>\n
o  <\/p>\n
A Petitioner joined_._”t–he  respondents on
\n15.12.1980 as_a   to the Junior
\n“Officer Gravd.e4’i::’diuVrin;g   made by him,
\nhe   to_’WCHavnbani< Computers Services
\nLtd.,  27.8.1997. The period was<\/p>\n
exteiided 'for-ruponle year on 17.10.2000. The petitioner<\/p>\n
  retirement on 3.5.2001 and was<\/p>\n
 replievefd-..yv'on.i'.'Al-.*'6.2001. He has filed this writ petition to<\/p>\n
d'irect__v'thie'~" respondents to refund Rs.S0,000\/- collected<\/p>\n
.Aundei'..-Lpursuant to a bond as at Annexure~C with<\/p>\n
0' 'i.V_V'c.ornpensatory costs in the nature of damages.<\/p>\n
2. Respondents have fiied statement of objections<\/p>\n
and have stated that, the petitioner i\/Q5 permitted to
\n\/’ \u00bb<\/p>\n
r”\n<\/p>\n
proceed on deputation to Canbank for a period of’3f”L-yeaiprs<\/p>\n
subject to the condition that, he shall exectrp\u00e9te <\/p>\n
Rs.50,000\/~ as per the proformar”before”Hhsis’.’Ih.El.ief’_’_ifrornit’<\/p>\n
Head Office and that, he was riot elig’iblei\u00abrtjteeptgtatiajhp<\/p>\n
allowances from the  re’po__rtingA:~.:a’t..;””Can:bank’,’VV<\/p>\n
Bangalore. The petitioner \u00e9gotllrelieved .o\ufb02nV1.8..l:\u00a7().1997 to
\nwork at Canbank. He’ va:n’\u00bb\u00bbagreement dated
\n29.9.1997, whet-ein iwiould work ih the
\nCanara    years after being<\/p>\n
relieved_frlorn;the\u00ab.pde.putati.on organisation i.e., Canbank
\nand since default and opted voluntary<\/p>\n
E’et:il’EfT].ent4.VO’F1″V3′;S.2tjU1T and was relieved on 4.6.2001, he<\/p>\n
 .;\u00a7hatrllent’it:ed toW\u00a7s.50,0OO\/~ claimed in the writ petition.<\/p>\n
 has:”‘heen-further contended that, the claim involves<\/p>\n
dis_put__ed ,uc;7t’.iestion of facts and cannot be gone into in the<\/p>\n
 to \\\/;\\{l’it:}’U~5;lSdiCti0n.\n<\/p>\n
3. Heard the learned counsel on both sides and<\/p>\n
H perused the writ papers.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
4. Indisputedly, the petitioner was an empiiohyee of<\/p>\n
the Canara Bank from 15.12.1980. On exe~rc.i,se’:’__o\u20acj’the<\/p>\n
option, he was sent on deputation _to,’v:A”C,ari.banki’<\/p>\n
27.8.1997. He has executed’ :,a”g_reein_.ent._;as__at<\/p>\n
Annexure~C, which provides’ for payment ofV,’F{s.,’,SO,00o\/;, <\/p>\n
the petitioner to the Canara”B:a’nk ‘inV”eas”e-‘of iiiifioliation of<\/p>\n
any of the agreed terjrris. petitioner contends that, he
\nhas not vioiated the depvutation :ter’rriis’iA–a_~nd_’.~hence, the bank
\nis not justifi_’eti”j,fiifi”wifhho,id{ng”~i\u00a7s’\u00a75o,,Q\u00e90\/-. The petitioner
\ncontends  violation of any of the terms of
\nthe agr.eement_iVasf at’~\u00ab..}\u00a7\u00a7i’.nexu re~C dated 29.9.2997 and<\/p>\n
hegi’ce,_ he V-is_”e’ntitiedv to be refunded the amount of<\/p>\n
  deposited with the respondents.\n<\/p>\n
A  other hand, the respondents maintain that,<\/p>\n
the ..petitioner did not complete 3 years of service after<\/p>\n
2 V being “relieved by Canbank and hence, the deposited sum<\/p>\n
 cannot be refunded in view of the terms of the agreement<\/p>\n
H as at Annexure-C. EL.\n<\/p>\n
\/I<\/p>\n
6. Whether there is breach of any of the.._o–hiVio’a’ti.onVs<\/p>\n
undertaken by the petitioner or not, is a <\/p>\n
required to be adjudicated upon iatrialiE:)e..ing;hAeid__iri’a?Civil ‘<\/p>\n
Court. in view of the disputed que.stiori of  \u00bbinvol–.ye.d”i’nVV<\/p>\n
the matter, I deem it appr’c;..pVi*i~ate to~..dispo’:3eV””o’t”the writ’<\/p>\n
petition with iibertyv’being,\u00bbir\u00e9se,ryedsi_._to th’e”rpetitioner to<\/p>\n
approach the Civii Court forllrelief.\n<\/p>\n
It  if._4th.e”‘pVe’ti’tioner files a suit for<\/p>\n
recovery of Rs.S0,()G’U’\/-  the time
\nspent in bona ‘petition shall be
\ntaken into consideraticlimhyon Vari__l4apVplic.ation being \ufb01led by
\nthe peti_ti’or3Ver  fi 0V1.’;htVi’ie.._LiiTi”aitati0n Act, 1963. The
\ncase of  ,tVhev.parties’ivA.is”*k_ept open for consideration in<\/p>\n
tnels..%;%i, if were to be’ii’l’ed.Foy the petitioner.
\n‘ ll petitipon llstands disposed of accordingly.<\/p>\n
Sd\/3,
\nlodge<\/p>\n
KS3″\/'”~ <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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