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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-MH-E-09012026-269243
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III—Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 26]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2026/PAUSHA 19, 1947
UNION BANK OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
Mumbai, the 9th January, 2026
No. CO:ERD:PD:110:2026.— In exercise of powers conferred by section 19 read with sub-section (2) of
section 12 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970), the Board of
Directors of the Union Bank of India after consultation with the Reserve Bank of India and with the previous sanction
of the Central Government hereby make the following regulations further to amend the Union Bank of India Officer
Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976, namely :-
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Union Bank of India 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 Union Bank of India Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976, in regulation (6) of the
said regulations,
(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 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 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, 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 for completion of inquiry, at a time;
(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 authorized 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 (g), 3(b), 3(n), 17 and 18)
+-----+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| SL. | Name of Post | Disciplinary authority | Appellate authority | Reviewing authority |
+=====+=====================================+=====================================+=====================================+=========================+
| 1. | Officers in Junior | Assistant General | Dy. General Manager- | General Manager |
| | Management Grade | Manager-Employee | Employee Relations | (Human Resource) |
| | Scale-I and Middle | Relations Division | Division (Industrial | |
| | Management | (Industrial Relations | Relations Division) | |
| | Grade Scale-II | Division) | | |
+-----+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------+
| 2. | Officers in Middle | Dy. General Manager - | General Manager | Chief General |
| | Management | Employee Relations | (Human Resource) | Manager (Human |
| | Grade Scale-III | Division (Industrial | | Resource) |
| | | Relations Division) | | |
+-----+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------+
| 3. | Officers in Senior | General Manager | Chief General Manager | Executive Director |
| | Management Grade | (Human Resource) | (Human Resource) | |
| | Scale IV and V | | | |
+-----+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------+
| 4. | Officers in Top | Chief General Manager | Executive Director | Managing Director |
| | Executive Grade | (Human Resource) | | and Chief Executive |
| | Scale-VI | | | Officer |
+-----+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------+
| 5. | Officers in Top | Executive Director | Managing Director and | The Committee of |
| | Executive Grade | | Chief Executive Officer | the Board |
| | Scale -VII | | | |
+-----+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------+
| 6. | Officers in Top | Managing Director and | The Committee of the | The Board |
| | Executive Grade | Chief Executive Officer | Board | |
| | Scale -VIII | | | |
+-----+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------+
SURESH CHANDRA TELI, Chief General Manager
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./596/2025-26]
Note: The amendment regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Part III, Section 4 vide following notifications,
namely:
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| Sl. No. | Part and section | Notification number | Date | Date of publication in the Gazette of Notification |
+=========+====================+=====================+==================+====================================================+
| 1. | Part III, Section 4| No. 9 | 20th December, 1996| 1st March, 1997 |
+---------+--------------------+---------------------+------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| 2. | Part III, Section 4| No. 49 | 13th August, 2000 | 2nd December, 2000 |
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| 3. | Part III, Section 4| No. 53 | 12th April, 2000 | 30th December, 2000 |
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| 4. | Part III, Section 4| No. 39 | 31st August, 2004 | 25th September, 2004 |
+---------+--------------------+---------------------+------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| 5. | Part III, Section 4| No. 143 | 27th March, 2020 | 31st March, 2020 |
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