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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-MH-E-12012026-269289
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III—Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 29]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2026/PAUSHA 22, 1947
BANK OF MAHARASHTRA
NOTIFICATION
Pune, the 12th January, 2026
F. No. AXI/ST/DM/01/2025-26.—In exercise of 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 Maharashtra
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 Bank of Maharashtra Officer Employees' (Discipline and
Appeal) Regulations, 1976, namely :-
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Bank of Maharashtra 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 Bank of Maharashtra 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 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 of 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 regulations 3(b), (h), (p), (q), 17 and 18)]
+------------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| Serial | Name of post | Disciplinary authority | Appellate authority | Reviewing authority |
| Number | | | | |
+============+=======================================================+=================================================+==========================================+==========================================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
+------------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 1. | Officers in Junior Management Gade Scale-I | Assistant General Manager (Human Resource | Deputy General Manager (Human Resource | General Manager (Human Resource |
| | and Middle Management Grade Scale-II | Management) | Management) | Management) |
+------------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 2. | Officers in Middle Management Grade Scale-III | Deputy General Manager (Human Resource | General Manager (Human Resource | Chief General Manager |
| | | Management) | Management) | |
+------------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 3. | Officers in Senior Management Grade Scale-IV and V | General Manager (Human Resource Management) | 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 the Board |
| | | | Officer | |
+------------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 6. | Officers in Top Executive Grade Scale-VIII | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer | Committee of the Board | The Board". |
+------------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
K. RAJESH KUMAR, General Manager
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./605/2025-26]
Note: The Bank of Maharashtra Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976 were published in the
Gazette of India, Part III, Section 4 and subsequently amended vide the following notification, namely:
+--------------+---------------------+----------------------------+--------------+-------------------------------------+
| Serial | Part and section | Notification number | Date | Date of publication in the |
| number | | | | Official Gazette |
+==============+=====================+============================+==============+=====================================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
+--------------+---------------------+----------------------------+--------------+-------------------------------------+
| 1. | Part III, Section IV | AX1/ST/DM//265/2004 | 30.06.2004 | 30.06.2004 |
+--------------+---------------------+----------------------------+--------------+-------------------------------------+
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