Batch Script to display last modified file from multiple directories

Hello,
I am trying to find the name of the latest file or the last modified file from a set of given directories.
I approached the problem by breaking it into two parts: a. read all the directories from a .txt file and display the names of those directories and files under those directories. b. Find the latest file present in any given directory and
Upto this point all worked well, but when I am trying to combine both these batch scripts, I am unable to get the desired result.
I am using BATCH SCRIPT only to complete this.
My tried script is as below:
a. TO SEE ALL THE DIRECTORIES SPECIFIED IN "path_123.txt" FILE
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('type "C:\Users\sonkar\Desktop\path_123.txt" ') do (set locall=%%i
echo %locall%
echo %%i
b. TO FIND THE LATEST FILE PRESENT IN THE DIRECTORY
set BUILDDROP="E:\"
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /A:-D /B /O:-D %BUILDDROP%') do set NEWEST=%%a&& goto :next
:next
echo %NEWEST%
But when combining both is not working at all.
Any help is appreciated.

Since batch files lack the ability to do date arithmetic you are pushing them well beyond their limits. Either VBScript of PowerShell could handle this type of task. Here is a VBScript solution. You must save the code in a .vbs file, then modify it to suit
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'Find the most recent file in a collection of folders
'11 Sep 2014 FNL
Dim dDate, dDate_, sFile, sFile_
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.Filesystemobject")
Set oList = ofso.OpenTextFile("C:\Users\sonkar\Desktop\path_123.txt", 1)
aList = Split(olist.ReadAll, vbCrLf)
oList.close
dDate = cdate("01/01/2000")
For Each sFolder In aList
   dDate_ = cdate("01/01/2000")
   ProcessFolder(sFolder)
   If dDate_ > dDate Then
       dDate = dDate_
       sFile = sFile_
   End If
Next
WScript.Echo "Most recent file: """ & sFile & """"
WScript.Echo "File date: " &dDate
Sub ProcessFolder(sFldr)
   If LTrim(sFldr) = "" Then Exit Sub
   WScript.Echo "Processing """ & sFldr & """"
   For Each oFile In oFSO.GetFolder(sFldr).Files
       If oFile.DateLastModified > dDate_ Then
           dDate_ = oFile.DateLastModified
           sFile_ = oFile.Path
       End if
   Next
   For Each oFolder In oFSO.GetFolder(sFldr).SubFolders
       ProcessFolder(oFolder.path)
   Next
End sub

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