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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-13012026-269308
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III-Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 28]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2026/PAUSHA 19, 1947
UCO BANK
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th January, 2026
No. ODAR/1/2025-26(E). — 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
UCO Bank, after consultation with the Reserve Bank of India and with the previous sanction of Central
Government, hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the UCO Bank Officer Employees'
(Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976, namely:—
1. (1) These regulations may be called the UCO 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 UCO Bank Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976, in regulation (6),—
(a.) for sub-regulation (3), the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely:
"(3) Where it is proposed to hold an enquiry, 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 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 the
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 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 regulation 3(b), (h), (p), (q), 17 and 18]
+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
|Serial|Name of post |Disciplinary |Appellate |Reviewing |
|number| |authority |authority |authority |
+=====+==================================================================+========================================+========================================+========================================+
| 1. |Officers in Junior Management Grade Scale - I and Middle |Assistant General Manager |Deputy General Manager |General Manager |
| |Management Grade-II | | | |
+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| 2. |Officers in Middle Management Grade Scale - III |Deputy General Manager |General Manager |Chief General Manager |
+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| 3. |Officers in Senior Management Grade Scale- IV and V |General Manager |Chief General Manager |Executive Director |
+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| 4. |Officers in Top Executive Grade Scale- VI |Chief General Manager |Executive Director |Managing Director and Chief |
| | | | |Executive Officer |
+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| 5. |Officers in Top Executive Grade Scale- VII |Executive Director |Managing Director and Chief Executive |Committee of Board |
| | | |Officer | |
+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| 6. |Officers in Top Executive Grade Scale- VIII |Managing Director and Chief Executive |Committee of Board |The Board". |
| | |Officer | | |
+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
RAJESH KUMAR TIWARI, General Manager
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./603/2025-26]
Note: The UCO Bank Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976 were published in the Gazette
of India, Part III Section 4 and subsequently amended vide following notifications, namely: —
+---------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------+-----------------------------------+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Serial number | Part and section | Notification number | Date | Date of publication in |
| | | | | Official Gazette |
+===============+===================+======================+============+===================================+
| 1. | Part III, section | ODAR/1/97 | 27.09.1997 | 18.10.1997 |
| | 4 | | | |
+---------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2. | Part III, section | ODAR/1/2000 | 20.07.2000 | 26.08.2000 |
| | 4 | | | |
+---------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------+-----------------------------------+
| 3. | Part III, section | ODAR/2/2000 | 08.08.2000 | 02.09.2000 |
| | 4 | | | |
+---------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------+-----------------------------------+
| 4. | Part III, section | ODAR/3/2000 | 16.12.2000 | 03.02.2001 |
| | 4 | | | |
+---------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------+-----------------------------------+
| 5. | Part III, section | ODAR/1/2002 | 08.01.2002 | 09.02.2002 |
| | 4 | | | |
+---------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------+-----------------------------------+
| 6. | Part III, section | ODAR/1/2004 | 20.09.2004 | 13.11.2004 |
| | 4 | | | |
+---------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------+-----------------------------------+