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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-08012026-269212
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III—Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 20]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2026/PAUSHA 18, 1947
PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 6th January, 2026
F. No. PNB/HRD/DAC/D&A/2025-26.— In exercise of the 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
National 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 National Bank Officer Employees'
(Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1977, namely:-
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Punjab National 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 National Bank Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1977, (hereinafter
referred to as the said regulations) in regulation (6), —
(a) for sub-regulations (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
or 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 an 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 reasons 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 | Appellate | Reviewing |
| number | | authority | authority | authority |
+=============+================================================+============================+=======================+=====================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
+-------------+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+
| 1. | Officers in Junior | Assistant General | Deputy General | General Manager |
| | Management Grade Scale - I and Middle | Manager | Manager | |
| | Management Grade Scale - II | | | |
+-------------+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+
| 2. | Officers in Middle | Deputy General Manager | General Manager | Chief General |
| | Management Grade Scale - III | | | Manager |
+-------------+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+
| 3. | Officers in Senior Management Grade | General Manager | Chief General | Executive Director |
| | Scale-IV and Senior | | Manager | |
| | Management Grade Scale - V | | | |
+-------------+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+
| 4. | Officers in Top Executive | Chief General Manager | Executive Director | Managing Director |
| | Grade Scale- VI | | | and Chief Executive |
| | | | | Officer |
+-------------+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+
| 5. | Officers in Top Executive | Executive Director | Managing Director | Committee of the |
| | Grade Scale- VII | | and Chief Executive | Board |
| | | | Officer | |
+-------------+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+
| 6. | Officers in Top Executive | Managing Director and | Committee of the | The Board". |
| | Grade Scale- VIII | Chief Executive Officer | Board | |
+-------------+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+
SUMESH KUMAR, Chief General Manager
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./592/2025-26]
Note: The Punjab National Bank Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1977 were published in the
Gazette of India, Part III, Section 4 and subsequently amended vide following notifications, namely:-
+--------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------+
| Serial | Notification number | Date of notification | Date when published in the |
| number | | | Gazette of India |
+==============+==================================+=======================+==========================================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
+--------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 1. | PNB/DAC/P/2/2002 | 14.12.2002 | 04.01.2003 |
+--------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 2. | PNB/DAC/P/2/2008 | 29.08.2008 | 13.09.2008 |
+--------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 3. | PNB/HRMD/DAC/P/2/2016 | 30.11.2016 | 03.12.2016 |
+--------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 4. | HRDD/POL/OSR/(E) | 27.03.2020 | 27.03.2020 |
+--------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 5. | PNB/HRD/DAC/D&A/2022-23 | 20.02.2023 | 20.02.2023 |
+--------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------+
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