JUDGMENT 1. This special appeal is directed against judgment dated 31.05.2018 passed by learned Single Judge of this Court, whereby the writ petition preferred by the respondent questioning the action of the appellants in corporatization of Individual Business Correspondences (BCs) has been allowed and the appellants herein are directed to continue the respondent as BC directly with the appellant-Bank and not to terminate his service so as to replace him by another set of contractual employees or Corporate Business Correspondents, unless there is a performance deficit on his part. 2. Issue notice. 3. Mr. Sukesh Bhati, accepts notice for the respondent. 4. The appeal is reported to be barred by limitation for 165 days. It is accompanied by an application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act. The application seeking condonation of delay is not opposed by the counsel appearing for the respondent. Hence, the application is allowed and the delay in filing the appeal is condoned. 5. Learned counsel for the parties submitted that the controversy involved in this appeal is set at rest by this Court vide decision dated 28.11.2018 rendered in D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 1063/2018 ( State Bank of India & Ors. v. Ashish Kumar & Ors. ) and accordingly this special appeal deserves to be allowed. 6. Accordingly, this special appeal is allowed in terms of the judgment dated 28.11.2018 rendered in State Bank of India & Ors. v. Ashish Kumar & Ors. (supra). The order under appeal dated 31.05.2018 is set aside and the writ petition preferred by the respondent is dismissed.