Mohali, May 26 -- The Mohali District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed the Central Bank of India to refund Rs.95,587 deducted from a former staff member's account after the bank claimed she was wrongly granted an additional interest on fixed deposits for several years.

The commission observed that once a person had served an institution, the individual could not be denied the status of an ex-employee merely because he or she had resigned from service.

The order came on a complaint filed by Neha Khanna, a resident of Zirakpur, against the Central Bank of India. Khanna had joined the bank as a clerk in November 1993 and resigned in January 2005 due to family circumstances after serving for around 12 years.

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