Full Text
REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-07012026-269172
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III—Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 15]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2026/PAUSHA 17, 1947
PUNJAB AND SIND BANK
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 7th January, 2026
F. No. PSB/HO/HRD/DAC/2025-26/01.—In exercise of powers conferred by section 19 of the Banking
Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970), the Board of Directors of the Punjab
and Sind Bank, after consultation with the Reserve Bank of India and with the previous sanction of the Central
Government, hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Punjab & Sind Bank Employees'
(Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1981, namely:-
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Punjab and Sind Bank Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal)
Amendment Regulations, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette.
2. In the Punjab & Sind Bank Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1981, in
regulation (6), –
(a) for sub-regulation (3), the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely:-
“(3) Where it is proposed to hold an inquiry, the Disciplinary Authority shall frame definite and
distinct charges on the basis of the allegations against the Officer Employee and the articles of
charge, together with a statement of allegations, list of documents relied on along with a copy of such
documents and list of witnesses, if any, on which they are based, shall be communicated in writing to
the Officer Employee, who shall be required to submit, within such time as may be specified by the
Disciplinary Authority not exceeding fifteen days, or within, such extended time as may be granted
by the said Authority, a written statement of his defence :
Provided that under no circumstances, the extension of time for filing written statement of
defence shall exceed forty-five days from the date of receipt of articles of charge :
Provided further that wherever it is not possible to furnish the copies of documents, the
disciplinary authority shall allow the Officer Employee to inspect such documents within a time
specified in this behalf. ";
(b) for sub-regulation (12), the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely:-
"(12) On receipt of the requisition under sub-regulation (11), every authority having the custody of
possession of the requisitioned documents physically or digitally shall produce the same or issue a
non-availability certificate before the Inquiring Authority within a period of one month of the receipt
of such requisition :
Provided that if the authority having the custody or possession of the requisitioned
documents is satisfied for reasons to be recorded by it in writing that the production of all or any of
such documents shall be against the public interest or security of the State, it shall inform the
Inquiring Authority accordingly and the Inquiring Authority shall on being so informed,
communicate the information to the Officer Employee and withdraw the requisition made by it for
the production or discovery of such documents.";
(c) in sub-regulation (21), after clause (ii), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-
"(iii) (a) The Inquiring Authority shall conclude the inquiry and submit its report within a period of
six months from the date of receipt of order of his appointment as Inquiry Authority;
(b) where it is not possible to adhere to the time - limit specified in clause (a), the Inquiring
Authority may record the reasons and seek extension of time from the Disciplinary Authority in
writing, who may allow and additional time not exceeding six months at a time for completion
of such inquiry;
(c) the extension for a period not exceeding six months at a time may be allowed for any good and
sufficient reason to be recorded in writing by the Disciplinary Authority or any other Authority
authorised by the Disciplinary Authority on his behalf.".
3. In the said regulations, for the Schedule, the following Schedule shall be substituted, namely:-
"SCHEDULE
[See regulations 3 (b), (g), (n), 17 and 18]
+--------------+----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| Serial | Name of Post | Disciplinary authority | Appellate authority | Reviewing authority |
| number | | | | |
+==============+==================================+==============================================================+==============================================================+==============================================================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
+--------------+----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1. | Officers in Scale I and Scale-II | Assistant General Manager (Disciplinary Action Cell) | Deputy General Manager (Disciplinary Action Cell) or in | General Manager (Human Resource Development Department) |
| | | | his absence Deputy General Manager (Human Resources | or in his absence Chief General Manager (Human Resources |
| | | | Development Department) | Development Department) |
+--------------+----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2. | Officers in Scale-III | Deputy General Manager (Disciplinary Action Cell) or in | General Manager (Human Resource Development Department) | Chief General Manager (Human Resource Development Department)|
| | | his absence Deputy General Manager (Human Resources | or in his absence Chief General Manager (Human Resources | or in his absence Executive Director (Human Resources |
| | | Development Department) | Development Department) | Development Department) |
+--------------+----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| 3. | Officers in Scale-IV and V | General Manager (Human Resource Development Department) | Chief General Manager (Human Resources Development | Executive Director (Human Resources development Department) |
| | | or in his absence Chief General Manager (Human Resources | Department) or in his absence Executive Director (HRD) | or in his absence Managing Director and Chief Executive |
| | | Development Department) | | Officer |
+--------------+----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| 4. | Officers in Scale- VI | Chief General Manager (Human Resource Development | Executive Director (Human Resource Development Department) | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer or in his |
| | | Department) or in his absence Executive Director (Human | or in his absence Managing Director and Chief Executive | absence Committee of the Board |
| | | Resources Development Department) | Officer | |
+--------------+----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| 5. | Officers in Scale- VII | Executive Director (Human Resource Development Department) | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer | Committee of the Board |
+--------------+----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| 6. | Officers in Scale- VIII | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer | Committee of the Board | The Board ". |
+--------------+----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
RAJESH CHANDAN PANDEY, Chief General Manager (HRD)
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./593/2025-26]
Note: The Punjab and Sind Bank Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1981 were published in the
Gazette of India, Part III, Section 4 and subsequently amended vide the following notifications, namely:-
+--------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Serial | Part and | Notification | Date | Date of publication in the |
| Number | section | number | | Official Gazette |
+==============+==================+===================+=================+==============================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
+--------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| 1.2 | Part III | 40 | 20.02.2002 | 11.03.2002 |
+--------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064
and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.