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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-MH-E-12012026-269292
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III—Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 30]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2026/PAUSHA 22, 1947
CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
Mumbai, the 9th January, 2026
F. No. CO/HCM/DAD/2025-26/566(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 Central Bank
of India after consultation with the Reserve Bank and with the previous sanction of the Central Government, hereby
makes the following regulations, further to amend the Central Bank of India Officer Employees' (Discipline and
Appeal) Regulations, 1976, namely:-
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Central 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 Central Bank of India 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 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 the documents, 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 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 his 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 Central Bank of India Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations 1976, for the Schedule,
the following Schedule shall be substituted, namely: -
"Schedule
[(see regulations 3(b), (g), (n), (o), 17 and 18)]
+============+==========================+========================+=======================+======================+
| Serial | Scale of the officer | Disciplinary Authority | Appellate Authority | Reviewing Authority |
| number (1) | employee (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
+============+==========================+========================+=======================+======================+
| 1. | Officers in Scale-I and II | Assistant General | Deputy General | General Manager |
| | | Manager | Manager | |
+------------+--------------------------+------------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
| 2. | Officers in Scale-III | Deputy General Manager | General Manager | Chief General |
| | | | Manager | |
+------------+--------------------------+------------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
| 3. | Officers in Scale-IV and V | General Manager | Chief General | Executive Director |
| | | | Manager | |
+------------+--------------------------+------------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
| 4. | Officers in Scale-VI | Chief General Manager | Executive Director | Managing Director |
| | | | | and Chief Executive |
| | | | | Officer |
+------------+--------------------------+------------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
| 5. | Officers in Scale-VII | Executive Director | Managing Director | Committee of the |
| | | | and Chief Executive | Board |
| | | | Officer | |
+------------+--------------------------+------------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
| 6. | Officers in Scale-VIII | Managing Director and | Committee of the | The Board". |
| | | Chief Executive Officer| Board | |
+------------+--------------------------+------------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
Note: The Central Bank of India Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976 were published in the
Gazette of India, Part III, Section 4 and subsequently amended vide the following notifications, namely :-
+============+=================================+==============+=================================+
| Serial | Notification number | Date | Date of publication in the |
| number (1) | (2) | (3) | Official Gazette (4) |
+============+=================================+==============+=================================+
| 1. | F. No. 4/10/1/92-IR | 20/10/2000 | 03/03/2001 |
+------------+---------------------------------+--------------+---------------------------------+
| 2. | F. No. 3/4/98-VIG | 16/10/2000 | 28/04/2001 |
+------------+---------------------------------+--------------+---------------------------------+
| 3. | F. No. 4/10/4/94-IR | 20/03/2001 | 30/06/2001 |
+------------+---------------------------------+--------------+---------------------------------+
| 4. | F. No. 4/10/4/94-IR | 20/03/2001 | 30/06/2001 |
+------------+---------------------------------+--------------+---------------------------------+
| 5. | F. No. 4/10/2/97-IR | 29/04/2002 | 02/11/2002 |
+------------+---------------------------------+--------------+---------------------------------+
| 6. | F. No. 4/10/2/2001-IR | 16/06/2004 | 25/09/2004 |
+------------+---------------------------------+--------------+---------------------------------+
KUSHAL PAL, General Manager
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./606/2025-26]
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