Sick leave approved, but SBI declared his job ‘voluntarily vacated’: Why Patna HC quashed its Rule 40(3) action
- Posted on October 7, 2026
- By The Times of India
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Sick leave approved, but SBI declared his job ‘voluntarily vacated’: Why Patna HC quashed its Rule 40(3) action
Can a bank treat an employee as having voluntarily resigned after a long absence from work if his medical leave was earlier approved and he had submitted medical records? The Patna high court recently examined this question while hearing a challenge by a State Bank of India (SBI) employee who was treated as having voluntarily vacated his job after remaining absent from duty.