In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 30 read with sub section 1 of Section 17 of Regional Rural Banks Act,

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-12072024-255363 EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 510] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2024/ASHADHA 20, 1946 4168 GI/2024 HIMACHAL PRADESH GRAMIN BANK NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 4th July, 2024 No. HPGB/HO/HRD/2024. —In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 30 read with sub-section (1) of Section 17 of Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976 (21 of 1976), the Board of Directors of Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank after consultation with Punjab National Bank, being the Sponsor Bank and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development and with the previous sanction of the Central Government, hereby makes the following regulations to further amend the Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulations, 2010, namely:- 1. (1) These Regulations may be called Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank (Officers and Employees) Service (Amendment) Regulations, 2024. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette. 2. In the Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulations, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as said regulations), in the regulations 61 for sub-regulation (4), the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely:- "(4) Privilege Leave may be accumulated up to not more than 270 days, except where leave has been applied for and it has been refused: Provided that encashment of Privilege Leave shall be restricted up to a maximum of 240 days." 3. In the said regulations, in regulation 67,- (a) In second proviso, after the words "retires from the service of the Bank", the words "under the provisions of regulation 11" shall be inserted; (b) For the third Proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:- "Provided also that in respect of the employee where his services are terminated owing to retrenchment, he shall be eligible to be paid a sum equivalent to the emoluments for the period of privilege leave he had accumulated subject to sub-regulation (4) of regulation 61." (c) After third proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely,- "Provided also that where an officer or employee voluntarily retires from service on or after the 1st of April 2018, after giving due notice under sub-regulation (1) and (2) of regulation 27 of the Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank (Employees') Pension Regulations, 2018, he shall be eligible to be paid a sum equivalent to the emoluments for the period of privilege leave he had accumulated, subject to sub-regulation (4) of regulation 61. Provided also that where an officer or employee has been compulsorily retired including as a measure of punishment, he shall be eligible to be paid a sum equivalent to the emoluments of any period, subject to sub- regulation (4) of regulation 61. Provided also that where an officer or employee leaves or discontinues form service or regains under the provisions of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 10, he shall be eligible to be paid a sum equivalent to the emoluments in respect of privilege leave to the extent of half of such leave to his credit on the date of cessation of service, subject to a maximum of 120 days." RAJENDRA SINGH, Chairman [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./277/2024-25] Note: The Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulations, 2010 were published in the Gazette of India, Part III, section 4, dated the October 23rd, 2013, vide notification number 276 dated October 23rd, 2013 and subsequently amended vide notification number 79 dated the 6th March, 2014 and vide notification no. 462 dated 3rd December, 2018.