Supreme Court of India

State Bank of Patiala v. Romesh Chander Kanoji and Ors.

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Bench V.N. Khare, S.B. Sinha and S.H. Kapadia JJ.
Decided 24 February 2004

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What the Court ordered

We hold that State Bank of Patiala is a subsidiary of State Bank of India; that the SBPVRS is similar to SBIVRS and consequently, the judgment of this Court in the case of Bank of India v.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Service Law: ,, Voluntary Retirement Scheme-State Bank of Patiala Voluntary Retirement Scheme-Clauses 5, 8, 9(i)-Employees opting for Voluntary c · Retirement Scheme-Withdrawal of application after closure of Scheme- Refusal by Bank-Justification of-Held: Scheme is an invitation to offer and not an offer-It gives locus poenitentiae to an employee to withdraw by the date of closure of scheme after which mode of acceptance would apply- Hence, employees precluded from withdrawing from the Scheme after its closure-Contract Act, 1872.

Where later benches applied it

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