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2(). A. LJsha Shrec W'o K. Srinrr es. a!.cd al)oltt (i4 ycars. 10-i. Sr-iDulg;r KartLrrtlilli' t)5. Shanti Nagar. 111'derabad 5()0(llti' 2 l. A. Siva I andar a KrislrttaS"o.irtrlcvulu. aged about 6l ycars. R/o Flat No. I0 t. Ktanthi Pleasant, Del'encc (lolottl ' Sainikpuri. Secunclcrabad-i 0(X)!i4'

22. Ch. Sai Prablttr S;o CL|(.1 Ranra Sutrdarattt, aged about 60 years, tUo l).No.6-?6i l. I'lot No 5' Sai Kutcer, Madhura Na-ear L'olonr'. Nagarartr' IiCtL Post,l Iydcrabad-50008i.

23. Rayavarapu Chalapathi Rao S"o Survarlara;;ana' aeed about 6l ycars. IUo Flat No' 402. [-cgend Apartmcrlts.lUothilal Nehr-tr Nagar - Bcgumpct, HYderabatl-5000 I 6'

24. (. Sreonivasa Mootthl Srtr Venkata Krislrnaiah( lltcttr. aged about 60 Ycars, Vitla No. I02. Maithri Enclave, Behind Kapra Lake' Sainikpuri, Seounderabad-5 00(lti7' I , /t / G; 25. I)asy'arn Vcnkata Salla Naryana Vara Prasad S/o Venkata Krislma Rao. aged about 73 l ears' Flat No. 1 5 3. NSL liast Count,v, [ 5'h Itloor. bcsidcs Raieev Gandhi Irltcrnationai Cricket Stadiulll H1'derbad- 500007.

16. \'L s. .l.S.i,. Il.rticsr''.rri \\ o I rLr.rttt tl,r l(Ltlrltrll,lt l(rr,,. irrc.l lll)r'.lt ll )e:,ts. li ') \-llll \\ c.tenr I)lr,zli. ( ).1 i ( 1)l()11\. \lr.:i\1',. r I \,1('r:llliltl il'{l ll)'l

27. Singam Mallikatiuna tlcddl' S/o Ilamakrishna Reddl irqccl abr:rut ?0 r'ears. [l o l;lat No- ]07. Sai Vasant Vihar APanment, n"u, y2rrdlal Checkpost. opp. Centtal Scltottl Nandval Road.Kumool-5 I 8002.

28. Vankaciara Jaya Sundar Sio GurLn app't' agecl aboul 70 \,ears. Rio lilat No l0l. ljimaSai C'aldell. (iulntohar Apartnlcllt l-l-16' ''\ Jarvahatnagar, Lane-6. Ncu Rl'C X I{'rltls' I{yderabai- 500020.

29. \/. \/en<atcsu'ara llcddl' Sio Gur-ar a l(cdd)- irg.ccl al,ou 7l 1cars. R'o I l-l-: l5 I l. [)adn.ranabha Nagar Colonv. FI] derabad-5 ()U0l l\

30. l'adikonda Vilaya Kumar Sro Hari llabu, aged about 70 years- tl/o D. No' 8-4-'19()ll' JB- 4'f' F loot. J )hanuttjaya [brvcls. Prenr N asar' Iirragadda. Ilyderabad-5000 I 8. 3 I . Kokkanthi Prabhakar l{eddr S/o Surendranatha ReddY, aged about 71 Years. Plot 37, IL No.2-l-5l37, PLR Homcs- Ljpperlulli. ILajcndranagar. Hl dcrabad- rt)00-18.

32. Yenupuri Durga Prasad Sio Appa Rao. agod abotrt 7l vcars, R/o [rlat No. 503. Fnnar.Io''vcrs I. Bruudai'an Clolon)'. I'lC[[' Pctst' Dr. A.S. Rao Nagar, I lylcrabad-i00061'

31. K.P. Sita Rama Krishna S"o Sitaranr:riah. agcd about 7l vcars. Akshita I leights tlrrce. Flat 309, Gccta Nagaq I Ifderabad-5 0056

34. Polasani (lhandra Sckhar Itcddy s1o Gangi ltcddl" aeed about 72 r'cars' l-'o B 2--411. Niltarika [']xoLica- L:\NCO I tills Road. Kha jaguda- Fh'dcrabad-i 000 89. l-i. Y. Venkrttlt lLot.t S,]o Krisltna \1trrthr. agcd about 72 1'ears. Flat No. ll)1. Surya ltesidency, opp. []ank o1'llaroda' Strcet No. 9. (iandhinagaq l{vdclabad- j 00ll()

36. Vcmuri Gaggayya sio Ratltaialt. aged about 69 Years, IVo A 402. Vivckananda I leights. []rindavan Colottr ' Nizampct ltoad, I{ldct rtagar. Hyderabad-5 00090.

37. K.ll..V []hanu Prakash s/o Krishnii ir4Lrrtltl, agcd about 70 1'ear-s, It ir l-9-8J- Road No. t6, Central llarr.k Colonl'. L.B. Nagar, FlYderabad-50068. 3tl. Korrdapi Srec l{antacliatttlra [l:rtr S/o Panduranaga [{ao. aged about 69 years, It,tr Flat No l'1, Ilalaji Enclave, Srinivasa Nagar Colonr Kompatly-500100.

39. Dannasi Srecnivasulu Sio t'enchaltrilh' Aged about 73 years. t{/o l - l 81ti. (iantlhinagaq YorramukkapalIi, Kadapa-5 I 600-1.

40. Narayana Srinivastrlu Slo Subtraiah' Aged about 72 Ycars. I{/o 40- 171-7, Mutharaspalli, KadaPa-5 16001'

41. Lavu Usha Sree W/o K l{anutnantha Rao, Aged about 58 years. IVo D.No- i7-9- l(l' Main I{oad, Neli Postal Col(]nl' Patamata, VijaYau ada-5200 I0' I -r I I I I I G)

41. Kuricheti Srinivasa (iupta S,'o Nara.vana [tao, A.eed about 70 years, R/o D. No. 31-12-29. Flat No. 304..laya Dhana Lakshnri Hills. DRli K Stre:t. opp. Ganganamma iVlachavaranr. Vi j ayawada-5 200() J. 'l"en-rple. Jl. B. Sonr,:srvara Rao Sr'o Atchl trta Rao. Agcd about 7l 1,ears. R,'o'18-ll-9/l- SF l. Ahlrinar Al)arttrents. Om Natnassivala Strcct Currrncr \;rgltr. \rija1.as'ada-51(t00,3. ll. M. Sutrrahnian\rc\t\.ara Rao S o Venkatcsu'ara Rlto. aged ab('ut 69 .v-ears. Krishna Nagar'. Flat \o. 40 j. Badris Elite Apartmcnts. \hnanr alakrrdurr.r Lakula Road. Viiar arladi-i20007. -1i. (llrakka Kcsar a I{at, Sio Bala ( ltennaiah. .\qerl r1.,rut 'r) )'cars. Rir 8-16'1 tl()t. Rrj.-cr \'ai rr. l.ars.'r1lc( I'.rln. ()nt rle -<l- (rol.

16. I{. .la)'a I-akshmi Wio Lakshmi Narasirnha Nlurrirr R.,r Ir-Qt t -. I)trtta Bazar. Vertkataeiriqt rna. .laegal l apL t-i2 I 175. \\I' l . I n ion r, ' India. Represented b1' Scclctary. I)cpartmcnt ol Financial Sen iccs \linislrl ol' I:inance. .lcevan l)ecp IlLrilding. Sansacl \larg. Nerv De lhi- I 10001. l. linion Bank Of India, Reprcscrlted il)' its MD and CEO. Linion Bank Ilhavan, 239, \/idhan Bhar.'an Marg. Nariman Poinl. \'lurnhai--1,)()01I. I i nio,r Bank Ollndia. Reprcsr.ntt d try its Chief General Manager. j'1'ltloor. [)r. Pattabhi Bhavan. Secretariat Road, \aithhad. I h derabad-500004. ,\ p pe I la nr s 'P ct ition ers Respondents'llespondents I ./ lA NO: 3 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the Respondents to restore Petitioners full Pension immediately on expiry of 9 years '1 0 months rnstead of completion of 15 years as provtded for in Regulations Chapter Vlll. Clause 41 (5) of the Union Bank of lndia (Employees) Pension Regulations, 1995 since the amount already stands recovered in excess from the petitioners may kindly be refunded with lnterest from the respectrve dates of recovery from each petitioner, pending disposal of the above writ appeal. Counsel for the Appellants: Ms. G.GEETA NAIDU, REP. FOR SRI B.MADHU SUDHAN RAO Counsel for the Respondents: SRI M.VIJAY KUMAR, Sr. SC FOR CENTRAL GOVT. The Court delivered the following: JUDGMENT * a * -r-t-' TTIE HoN'I}I,t] TtII] CTIIEF JT,ISTI(]E SRI AP.\I{ESTI KT'MAR SIN(;II AN I) I'III.] HON'I}LE SRI JUSI'ICI G.NI.MOTII TIDI) IN WRIT APPEAL No. l08l of 2025 .tUDGrvr[.N-r: \'ls. G. Gecta Naidu, learned counsel appears fbr Sri I]. i\,laclhLrsudhan Rao, learned counsel for appellants. Sri M. 'rrilay l(urnar, learned Senior Standing Counsel lbr Centrai (lrrr.',:rnment appears for respondcnts

2. fhc instant Writ Appeal is filed with the following pra),cf : -lt i'. thcrefbrc, prayed that this Ilon'blc Court m:;, bc f lca.ed to sct-asidc thc cornrnon trldcr passed in W.P. i.-o.- lll crl 1025, datcd 15.01.2025 bl thc Leurned l)iri.i,rrr Bcnch and conscqucntlY rluash the Rcgulirtions I l( It rrrd 4l(5) ol the Unioir lJtrnk ol lnclia ([:nrplov:cs') l'cnsion Regulalions 1995, dated 29.09.1995. l.cing (lorlt ar\ to the u,clfare and aqainst thc intercsts ol' the rL'1irr(l cmplovees, as tllc conrnuted amount ol I)crtsion u'as rrlreaLl\ rccovered in just 9 years and I0 nronths as pcr tlre rcspcutire Pe.nsion Payrnerrt Orders issLred Lrndcr the licgrrlations, u'hcre thc Conlrnutation Factor (@ ().81, ( ()nrnrutatiorl AIlOUnt and Comnrutation Date, ( omntuted \ alue artl Date ol Restoralion stipulxted orl Srrpcriurnuation. no lnterest is being charged or tlre ( omillutation Arnount as per the Regulaliolrs. but Lornrrrrted Valuc is being recovcred cverv rnonth lrortr the l).-lrs on Anr()unt and still being continued to lrc recovered l)\ tl c ll L-spondcrrt Bank till complction ol I 5 tcars liorn tlle I)ilc (r1'Conlntutation an(l to dircct the Rcsponrlcnts lo l.rstore l'ctitioners' firll Pension imnlediatelv on rrpilr of 9 1,cars l0 months instead of completion of l5 ),earri ls providcd for in Regulations Chtpter YIII, ('lause -11(5) of thc Union Bank of lndia ([nrpto1.t.cs') I't'nsion Regulations, 1995 sincc the rmount alrctdy stantls recovered in oxcess fronr thc petitioncm tnav kildlr bc rcfrrn<led ]vith Intcrcst from thc respcctil,c (lltcr (,t reco!erl l'rom cach pctitioncr." 2 rrcj (A(rs. Jl & GMM, J ^"o.I08t of 2025 \'.A Thc comtnon order datcd 25.07.2025 passed in Writ Petition No.2121 of 2025 & batch, by another Division Bench ol'this Courl, has becn challenged before us. '[he instant Writ Appeal is rnisconceived. i. Learned counscl for tl.rc appellants seeks pennission ol this Court to witl.rdraw the ir.rstant Writ Appeal in order to avail appropriate rernedy as per law.

4. Learned counsel appearing 1br the respondents reports no ob.jection.

5. Accordingly, the instant Writ Appeal is disrnissed as withdrarvn. There shalI be uo order as to costs. ldiscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed. ,TRUE COPY// SD/-V. KAVITH TY RE E TION OFFICER ( I To,

1. One CC to SRI B.MADHU SUDHAN RAO, Advocate [O 2 One CC to SRI M.VIJAY KUMAR, Sr. SC FOR CENTRAL GOVT' [OPUC] 3. Two CD Copies BSR BS N, V c I t + t * HIGH COURT DATED: 2510912025 j ( JUDGMENT WA.No.1081 ol'2025 ./i -) o,) I _::.- '! .,, 16 (. 2 I 3 1 tilll 2925 t PAICH F-g DISMISSING THE WRIT APPEAL AS WITHDRAWN, WITHOUT COSTS q 1( 0 .n o