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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-TN-E-12012026-269295
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III—Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 32]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2026/PAUSHA 22, 1947
INDIAN BANK
NOTIFICATION
Chennai, the 12th January, 2026
F. No. HRL/524/2025-2026. 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 Indian Bank, 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 Indian Bank Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations,
1976, namely: -
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Indian 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 Indian Bank Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976 (hereinafter referred to as the
said regulations), 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 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 Inquiring 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 reasons 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), (g), (n), 17 and 18]
+--------------+-------------------------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| Serial number| Name of post | Disciplinary authority | Appellate authority | Reviewing authority |
+==============+=====================================+==========================+=====================+=====================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
+--------------+-------------------------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| 1. | Officers in Junior Management Grade | Assistant General Manager| Deputy General Manager| General Manager |
| | Scale I and Middle Management Grade | | | |
| | Scale - II | | | |
+--------------+-------------------------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| 2. | Officers in Middle Management Grade | Deputy General Manager | General Manager | Chief General |
| | Scale - III | | | Manager |
+--------------+-------------------------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| 3. | Officers in Senior Management Grade | General Manager | Chief General Manager| Executive Director |
| | Scale IV and Senior Management | | | |
| | Grade Scale - V | | | |
+--------------+-------------------------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| 4. | Officers in Top Executive Grade | Chief General Manager | Executive Director | Managing Director |
| | Scale - VI | | | and Chief Executive |
| | | | | Officer |
+--------------+-------------------------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| 5. | Officers in Top Executive Grade | Executive Director | Managing Director | The Committee of |
| | Scale - VII | | and Chief Executive | the Board |
| | | | Officer | |
+--------------+-------------------------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| 6. | Officers in Top Executive Grade | Managing Director | The Committee of the| The Board". |
| | Scale - VIII | and Chief Executive | Board | |
| | | Officer | | |
+--------------+-------------------------------------+--------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
V. N. MAYA, Chief General Manager (CDO & CLO) & Legal
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./604/2025-26]
Note: - The Indian Bank 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 number| Part and section | Notification number| Date of notification | Date of publication in the |
| | | | | official Gazette |
+==============+===================+====================+============================+==============================+
| 1. | Part-III-Section 4| 19 | | 13-05-1989 |
+--------------+-------------------+--------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+
| 2. | Part-III-Section 4| 29 | 24-06-1992 | 18-07-1992 |
+--------------+-------------------+--------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+
| 3. | Part-III-Section 4| 50 | 22-11-1996 | 14-12-1996 |
+--------------+-------------------+--------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+
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