Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, July 6: High Court today ordered listing of the case of J&K Bank employees whose salary has been withheld on the directions of the trial court.
The matter was listed before Justice Rajesh Bindal and the counsel appearing for J&K Bank Employees Union sought short adjournment and requested for listing of the matter for tomorrow. However, the Court directed for listing of the matter on July 9.
The J&K Bank Employees Union through its president have approached the court challenging the order of trial court whereby direction has been issued for not releasing salary to the employees of bank who have been appointed as Probationary Officers and Banking Assistant since 2010 till date.
The direction to the bank for withholding salary has been passed by Special Judge Anti-Corruption Srinagar which applies almost to 3000 employees of the bank and aggrieved of this order they approached the High Court for setting aside the same.
Trial judge has passed the direction on May 23, while considering an application submitted by the bank for release of documents seized in FIR No. 10/19 including those documents pertaining to the appointment of those employees who have been appointed after 2010.
ACB has registered two FIRs against some officers of the bank and after conclusion of the investigation final report under Section 173 CrPc has been filed before trial court. The trial court after considering the application of bank for release of seized documents, recorded that the bank shall strictly use the Xerox record for initiating departmental action and not use the record for facilitating the release of remuneration/increments or recording of APRs of the illegal appointees.
The petitioner-Union seeks quashing of the order and directions to the bank to allow them to continue and also releasing their salary.
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