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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-TN-E-15012026-269355
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III-Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 46]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2026/PAUSHA 25, 1947
INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK
(Central Office)
NOTIFICATION
Chennai, the 15th January, 2026
F. No. HR-IR/184/01/2026(E).—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 Overseas
Bank, 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 Indian Overseas Bank Officer Employees' (Discipline
and Appeal) Regulations, 1976 namely:-
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Indian Overseas 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 Overseas 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 inquiry, 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 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 regulation, for the Schedule, the following Schedule shall be substituted namely:-
SCHEDULE
(See regulations 3 (b), (g), (n), (o), (17) and 18)
+--------------+------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Serial | Name of Post | Disciplinary authority | Appellate authority | Reviewing authority |
| number | | | | |
+==============+====================================+==========================+=======================+===================================+
| (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 Manager |
| | Scale-III | | | |
+--------------+------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 3. | Officers in Senior Management Grade| General Manager | Chief General Manager | Executive Director |
| | Scale-IV and V | | | |
+--------------+------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 4. | Officers in Top Executive Grade | Chief General Manager | Executive Director | Managing Director and |
| | Scale-VI | | | Chief Executive Officer |
+--------------+------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 5. | Officers in Top Executive Grade | Executive Director | Managing Director and | The Committee of |
| | Scale-VII | | Chief Executive Officer | the Board |
+--------------+------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 6. | Officers in Top Executive Grade | Managing Director | The Committee | The Board. |
| | Scale-VIII | and Chief Executive | of the Board | |
| | | Officer | | |
+--------------+------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------+
DILLIP KUMAR BARIK, General Manager (HR)
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./622/2025-26]
Note: The Indian Overseas Bank Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976 were published in
the Gazette of India Part III, Section IV and subsequently amended vide the following notification, namely:-
+--------------+-------------------+--------------------+------------+-----------------------------------+
| Serial number| Part and section | Notification Number| Date | Date of publication in |
| | | | | the Official Gazette |
+==============+===================+====================+============+===================================+
| 1. | Part III, Section 4 | 81 | 13.01.2020 | 24.02.2020 |
+--------------+-------------------+--------------------+------------+-----------------------------------+
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Date: 2026.01.15 13:03:14+05'30'