Can I get pension on being removed from service from a bank?

[Anonymous]

I have been given the penalty of removal from service of a nationalised bank. I am not getting any payment from bank now and I am not in service now. But, I had completed 25 years of service before being removed from service. Am I entitled to pension since I had completed about 25 years of service?

[Dr. Ashok Dhamija]

Removal from service by way of a punishment results into no pension for the person concerned, even if he had completed minimum service required for pension, i.e., pensionable service.

Also see: What is difference between removal and dismissal from service?

In fact, in a similar case of a bank employee who was working in the State Bank of India, in the case of Arikaravula Sanyasi Raju v. Branch Manager, State Bank of India, (1997) 1 SCC 256 : AIR 1997 SC 2268, the Supreme Court has held that a person who has been removed from service is not entitled for pension.

     

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