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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-12012026-269294
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III—Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 31]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2026/PAUSHA 22, 1947
BANK OF BARODA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 9th January, 2026
F. No.BCC:HRM:118:09. —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
Bank of Baroda, after consultation with the Reserve Bank of India and with the previous sanction of the
Central Government, hereby makes the following regulationsfurther to amend the Bank of Baroda Officer
Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976, namely:-
1. (1)These regulations may be called the Bank of Baroda Officer Employees' (Disciplineand Appeal)
Amendment Regulations, 2026.
(2) They shall be come into force on the date of their publication in Official Gazette.
2. In the Bank of Baroda Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976(hereinafter
referred to as the said regulations), 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 the 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 would 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),afterclause(ii), the followingclause 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 recordthe 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 regulation 3(b), (g) and (n)]
+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| Serial | Category | Branch or | Disciplinary | Appellate | Reviewing |
| number | | Office | Authority | Authority | Authority |
+==============+====================================+==================+==========================+=====================+=====================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| 1. | All officers in Junior | All offices or | Assistant | Deputy | General Manager |
| | Management Grade | Branches | General | General | |
| | Scale-I and Middle | | Manager | Manager | |
| | Management Grade | | | | |
| | Scale-II | | | | |
+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| 2. | All officers in Middle | All offices or | Deputy General | General | Chief General |
| | Management Grade | Branches | Manager | Manager | Manager |
| | Scale-III | | | | |
+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| 3. | All officers in Senior | All offices or | General | Chief General | Executive Director |
| | Management Grade | Branches | Manager | Manager | |
| | Scale-IV and V | | | | |
+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| 4. | All officers in Top | All offices or | Chief General | Executive | Managing Director |
| | Executive Grade | Branches | Manager | Director | and Chief Executive |
| | Scale-VI | | | | Officer |
+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| 5. | All officers in Top | All offices or | Executive | Managing | Committee |
| | Executive Grade | Branches | Director | Director | of the Board |
| | Scale-VII | | | andChief | |
| | | | | Executiv | |
| | | | | e Officer | |
+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| 6. | All officers in Top | All offices or | Managing | Committee | The Board". |
| | Executive Grade | Branches | Director | of the Board | |
| | Scale-VIII | | andChief | | |
| | | | Executive | | |
| | | | Officer | | |
+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
SHAILENDRA SINGH, Chief General Manager-HRM.
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./607/2025-26]
Note: The Bank of Baroda Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976, were published
in the Gazette of India, Part III, Section 4and subsequently amended videthe following notifications,
namely:
+--------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------+
| Serial | Notification number | Date of | Date when published in the Gazette |
| number | | notification | of India |
+==============+=================================+=====================+==========================================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
+--------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 1. | HO:OSR&IR:27/108/1043 | 12.07.1989 | 09.09.1989 |
+--------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 2. | HO:OSR&IR:A-10/13/871 | 21.04.1998 | 08.08.1998 |
+--------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 3. | HO:OSR&IR:27/108G/2642 | 18.10.2000 | 30.12.2000 |
+--------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 4. | HO:OSR&IR:27/108F/1307 | 23.07.2001 | 29.09.2001 |
+--------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 5. | HO:OSR&IR:27/108/H/611 | 31.05.2002 | 13.07.2002 |
+--------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 6. | BCC/HRM/IL/105/10821-A | 29.11.2013 | 12.03.2014 |
+--------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 7. | BCC:HRM:110:2610 | 07.05.2018 | 22.05.2018 |
+--------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 8. | BCC:HRM:115:403 | 24.07.2023 | 03.08.2023 |
+--------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------+
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