The Board of Directors of Oriental Bank of Commerce in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India and with the previous sanction of the Central Government, hereby makes the following Regulations to further amend the Oriental Bank of Commerce (Officers) Service Regulations, 1982 namely

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ORIENTALBANKOFCOMMERCE

(Personnel Department)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 18th Apnl, 2002

No. 3940.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 19, read with sub-section (2) of section 12 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 (40 of 1980), the Board of Directors of Oriental Bank of Commerce in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India and with the previous sanction of the Central Govern- ment, hereby makes the following Regulations to further amend the Oriental Bank of Commerce (Officer's) Service Regula- tions, 1982 namely:—

1. (1) These regulations may be called the Oriental Bank of Commerce (Officers') Service (Amendment) Regulations, 2002.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in these regulations, they shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Oriental Bank of Commerce (Officers') Service Regulations, 1982, -

(i) in regulation 4, for sub-regulation (3), the following sub-regulations shall be substituted, namely: -

"(3) With effect from 1st April, 1998, the scales of pay specified against each grade shall be as under ;-

(a) Top Executive Grade :

Scale VII Rs. 19340-420-20180-520-20700-600-21300

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Scale VI Rs. 17660-420-19340

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(b) Senior Management Grade :

Scale V Rs. 16140-380-17660

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Scale IV Rs. 13900-340-14240-380-16140

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(c) Middle Management Grade :

Scale m Rs. 12540-340-14240-3J0-15000

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Scale II Rs.9820-340-13560

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(d) Junior Management Grade :

Scale I Rs.7100-340-12540

1621 Note: Every officer who is governed by the scales of pay as in force as on 31.3.1998 shall be fitted in the scale of pay set out as in this sub-regulation as on 1.4.1998 on stage to stage basis, i.e. on corresponding stages from first stage onwards in the respective scales and the increments shall fall on the anniversary date as usual except where provided otherwise.

(4) Nothing in sub-regulations (1), (2) and (3) shall be construed as requiring the Bank to have at all times, officers serving in all these grades";

(ii) for regulation 5, the following regulation shall be substituted namely:-

"5. Increments - (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (3) of Regulation4, on and from 1.4.1998, the increments shall be granted subject to the following sub-clauses :-

(a) The increments specified in the scales of pay set out in Regulation 4 shall, subject to the sanction of the Competent authority, accrue on an annual basis and shall be granted on the first day of the month in which these fall due.

(b) Officers in Scale I and Scale II, 1 year after reaching the maximum in their respective scales, shall be granted further increments including stagnation increment(s) in the next higher scale only as specified in (c) below subject to their crossing the efficiency bar as per guidelines of the Government.

(c) Officers including those referred to in (b) above who reach the maximum of the Middle Management Grade Scales II and III shall draw stagnation increment(s) for every three completed years of service after reaching the last stage of the Scale II or Scale III as the case may be subject to a maximum of two such increments of Rs.340/- each for officers in the last stage of Scale II and one such increment of Rs.38O/- for officers in the last stage of Scale III.

Provided that on and from 1.11.1994 officers in substantive Scale III i.e. those who are recruited in or promoted to Scale III shall be eligible for second stagnation increment three years after having received the first stagnation increment.

Note:

Grant of such increments in the next higher scale shall not amount to promotion.

Officers even after receipt of such increments shall continue to get privileges, perquisites, duties, responsibilities or posts of their substantive Scale I or Scale II as the case may be.

(2) An additional increment each shall be granted in the scale of pay for passing Part I of CAIIB/Junior Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers and Part W Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers Examination.

Explanation :

(a) In the case of an officer who has passed Part I or Part II of Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers Examination as an officer before the appointed date, the additional increment, or increments as the case may be, shall be given effect to from the appointed date provided that he has not received any increment or received only one increment, for passing both parts of the said Examination.

(b) On and from 1.11.1987, officers who reach or have reached the maximum in the pay scale and are unable to move further except by way of promotion shall subject to Government guidelines, if any, be granted Professional Qualification Allowance in lieu of additional increments in consideration of passing CAHB Examination as under:-

(c) On and from 1.11.1994, other things being equal, the quantum of Professional Qualification Allowance shall stand revised as under :-

(i) Rs. 120/- p.m. after one year on reaching top

of the scale.

(i) Rs, 120/- p.m.. after one year on reaching top Those who have passed : only Part I of CAIIB Those who have passed : both parts of CAIIB

of the scale

(ii) Rs.300/- p.m. after two years on reaching top

of the scale.

Provided that officers who are eligible to draw Fixed Personal allowance in terms of Regulation 5(3 Xb) shall draw Professional Qualification Allowance one year/two years after receipt of such Fixed Personal Allowance respectively for Part I and II as the case may be.

(d) On and from 1.11.1999, other things being equal, the quantum of Professional Qualification Pay shall stand revised as under -

Provided that officers who are in Scale 1 and Scale II and are granted further increments in the next higher scale as in sub-regulation (1 )(b) shall draw Professional Qualification Pay after one/two years, as the case may be, on reaching the maximum in such higher scales."

Note:

(i) If an officer who is in receipt of Professional Qualification Pay is promoted to next higher scale, he shall be granted, on fitment in such higher scale, additional increment(s) for passing JAIIB/C AIIB to the extent increments are available in the scale and if no increments are available in the scale, the officer shall be eligible for Professional Qualification Pay in lieu of increment(s).

(ii) On and from 1.11.1994 Professional Qualification Allowance or Professional Qualification Pay, as the case may be, shall rank for Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance and Superannuation Benefits.

3(a) All officers who are in the bank's permanent service as on 1* November, ,1993 will get one advance increment in the scale of pay. Officers who are OQ probation on 1 November, 1993 will get one advance increment one year after confirmation.

Note :

There shall be no change in the date of annual increment because of advance increment.

(b) An officer who is at the maximum of the scale or who is in receipt of stagnation increment(s) as on 1* November, 1993, will draw a Fixed Personal Allowance from lrt November, 1993 which shall be equivalent to an amount of last increment drawn plus dearness allowance payable thereon as on I¹* November, 1993, plus house rent allowance, at such rates as applicable in terms of Regulation 22. The Fixed Personal Allowance given hereunder together with House Rent Allowance, if any, shall remain frozen for the entire period of service.

(c) On and from 1st November, 1999 other things being equal, the Fixed Personal Pay with House Rent Allowance, if any, shall be as given hereunder :-

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(i) Fixed Personal Allowance/Fixed Personal Pay as indicated Under Column (c) in clause (b) and (c) shall be payable to those officer employees who are provided with bank's accommodation.

(ii) Fixed Personal Allowance./Fixed Personal Pay fbr ofiicers eligible for House Rent Allowance shall be (A)+(B)+House Rent Allowance drawn by the concerned officer employees when the last increment of the relevant scale of pay as specified in sub-regulation (2) and (3) of Regulation 4 is earned.

(iii) On and from 1* November, 1999 there shall be no change in the schedule of releaw Of Professional Qualification Pay as in Explanation (c) under sub- regulation (2) on account of release of Fixed Personal Pay:

Provided that where any instalment of Professional Qualification Pay which on account of the earlier provisions has been shifted by a year and is scheduled for release on or after to 1* November, 1999 it shall be released to the offieer oh and from this date and second instalment of Professional Qualification Pay, if any, shall be released on 1* November, 2000.

(iv) The increment component of Fixed Personal Allowance/Fixed Personal Pay shall rank for superannuation benefits.

(d) An officer who has earned the advance increment as in (a) above shall draw the quantum of Fixed Personal Allowance/Fixed Personal Pay as mentioned in (b) or (c) above, one year after reaching the maximum of the scale";

(Hi) In regulation 21,after sub-regulation (2), the following sub-regulation shall be inserted, namely :-

"(3) On and from 1.4.1998, Dearness Allowance Scheme shall be as under :-

(a) Dearness Allowance shall be payable for every rise or fall of 4 points over 1684 points in the quarterly average of the All India Average Working Class Consumer Price Index (General) Base 1960=100.

(b) Dearness Allowance shall be payable as per the following rates :-

(i) 0.24% of'pay' upto Rs.7100/- plus,

(ii) 0.20% of'pay' above Rs.7100/- to Rs.l 1300/- plus,

(iii) 0.12% of 'pay' above Rs. 11300/- to Rs. 12025/- plus,

(iv) 0.06% of'pay' above Rs. 12025/-

Note

(A) 'Pay' for the purpose of Dearness Allowance shall mean basic pay including Stagnation Increments.

(B) Professional Qualification Allowance/Professional Qualification Pay as specified in Explanation (c) and (d) to sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 5 shall rank for dearness allowance";

(iv) for Regulation 22, the following regulation shall be substituted, namely,28 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PAH I III—SEC. 4] "22. House Rent Allowance- (l)(a) -On and from 1st November, 1994 where an officer is provided with residential accommodation by the Bank, a sum equal to 4% of the basic pay in the first stage of the scale of pay in which he is placed or the standard rent for the accommodation, whichever is less, will be recovered from him.

(b) Where an officer is not provided any residential accommodation by the Bank he shall be eligible on and from 1.11.1992 for House Rent Allowance at the following rates: -

Provided that if an officer produces a rent receipt, the House Rent Allowance payable to him shall be the actual rent paid by him for his residential accommodation in excess over 4% of the pay in the first stage of the scale of pay in which he is placed or 150% of the House Rent Allowance payable as per Column II above, whichever is lower.

(2)(a) On and from 1st November, 1999 where an officer is provided with residential accommodation by the Bank, a sum equal to 2.5% of the basic pay in the first stage of the scale of pay in which he is placed or the standard rent for the accommodation, whichever is less, will be recovered from him.

(b) Where an officer is not provided any residential accommodation by the Bank he shall be eligible on and from 1.11.1999 for House Rent Allowance at the following rates: -

Provided that if an officer produces a rent receipt, the House Rent Allowance payable to him shall be the actual rent paid by him for his residential accommodation in excess over 2.5% of the pay in the first stage of the scale of pay in which he is placed or 150% of the House Rent Allowance payable as per Column II above, whichever is lower.

Note (i) 'Pay' for the purpose of House Rent Allowance shall mean basic pay including stagnation increments.

(ii) Professional Qualification Allowance or Professional Qualification Pay, as the case may be, shall rank for House Rent Allowance with effect from 1.11.1994.

(3) Where an officer resides in his own accommodation he shall be eligible for a House Rent Allowance on the same basis as mentioned in proviso to sub-regulation (l)(b) and 2(b) as if he were paying by way of monthly rent a sum equal to one twelfth of the higher of A or B below:-

A

The aggregate of :-

i) Municipal taxes payable in respect of the accommodation; and

ii) 12% of the capital cost of the accommodation including the cost of the land and if the accommodation is part of a building, the proportionate share of the capital cost of the land attributable to that accommodation, excluding the cost of special fixtures, like air conditioners, or

B

The annual rental value taken for municipal assessment of the accommodation.

Explanation - (1) For the purpose of this Regulation "standard rent'¹ means :-

(a) In the case of any accommodation owned by the Bank, the standard rent calculated in accordance with the procedure for such calculation in vogue in the Government.

(b) Where accommodation has been hired by the bank, contractual rent

payable by the bank or rent calculated in accordance with the

procedure in (A) above, whichever is lower.

(2) In this Regulation, for the purpose of sub-regulation (1), Area I, Area II, and Area III shall mean as under: -

Area I - Places with a population of more than 12 lakhs.

Area II - All Cities other than those included in Area I which have a

population of 1 lakh or more.

Area III - All places not included in Area I and Area II.

(3) For the purpose of sub-regulation (2) of this Regulation and Regulation 23, Area I and Area II shall mean as under :-

Area I - Places with a population of more than 12 lakhs

Area II - All places not included in Area - 1 ";

(v) in regulation 23,

(a) for clause (i), the following clause shall be substituted, namely >

"(i) On and from 1.11.1999, if he is serving in a place mentioned in column 1 of the Table below, a City Compensatory Allowance at the rate mentioned in column 2 thereof against that place shall be payable :-

(b) for clause (v) and (vi), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely > "(v) on and from 1.11.1999, if an officer is deputed to serve outside the bank, he may opt to receive the emoluments attached to the post to which he is deputed. Alternatively, he may in addition to his pay draw a deputation allowance of 7.75% of pay subject to a maximum Rs.1000/- per month and such other allowances he would have drawn had he been posted in the bank's service at that place32 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 41 Provided that where he is deputed to an organisation which is located at the same place where he was posted immediately prior to his deputation, he shall received a deputation allowance equal to 4% of his pay subject to a maximum Rs.500/- per month.

Provided further that an officer on deputation to the Training Establishment of the bank as a faculty member shall be eligible for deputation allowance at 4% of his pay subject to a maximum Rs.500/-per month";

(vi) On and from 1.11.1999 if be is required to officiate in a post in a higher scale for a continuous period of not less than 7 days at a time or an aggregate of 7 days during a calendar month, he shall receive an officiating allowance equal to 6% of his pay, pro-rata for the period for which he officiates. Officiating allowance will rank as pay for purposes of Provident Fund/ Pension and not for other purposes.

Provided that where an officer comes to officiate in a higher scale, as a consequence solely of the review of the categorization of posts under Regulation 6, he shall not be eligible for the officiating allowance for a period of one year from the date on which the review of the categorization takes effect.";

(c) for clause (x), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :-

"(x) On and from 1.11.1999, if the officer is serving in a place mentioned in column 1 of the table below, he shall receive a hill and fuel allowance at the rate mentioned in column 2 thereof:-

Place 1

Rate 2 2% of pay subject to a maximum of Rs.220/-

(i) Place with an altitude of 1000 metres and above but less than

1500 metres and Mercara Town (ii) Place with an altitude of 1500

metres and above but less than

2V/2% of pay subject to a maximum of Rs.260/-

3000 metres

(iii) Place with an altitude of 3000

metres and above

5% of pay subject to a maximum of Rs750/-

Note :-

(a) Officers posted at places with an altitude of not less than 750 metres and which are surrounded by hills with higher altitude which cannot be reached without crossing an altitude of 1000 metres or more, will be paid hill and fuel allowance at the same rate as is payable at centers with an altitude of 1000 metres and above.

(b) Hill and Fuel Allowance presently paid at any centre not covered by the above classification shall stand withdrawn.

Provided that in respect of an officer who was posted in such a centre prior to 1st May, 1989 and remains posted at that centre even after that date, the quantum of allowance which he was drawing as at 30th April, 1989 shall be protected and paid to him every month till the time he remains posted at that centre in the same scale of pay.";

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(vi) in Regulation 24, in sub-regulation (1 ),-

(A) for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :-

"(a) Medical Expenses.- On and from 1.11.1999 reimbursement of medical expenses to an officer in the grade specified in column 1 of the Table below and his family may be made on the strength o~the officer's own certificate of having incurred such expenditure supported by a statement of accounts for the amounts claimed subject to the limit specified in column 2 thereof-

(B) for Note (ii), the following note shall be substituted, namely :-

"(ii) For the year 1999 the reimbursement of medical expenses under the medical aid scheme shall be enhanced proportionately for two months, i.e. November and December, 1999";

(C) in clause (b), after para (iii) the following para shall be inserted namely: -

"(iv) On and from 1st November, 1999 in addition to diseases mentioned in para (iii) above, the following diseases shall also become eligible for domiciliary treatment, other conditions remaining unchanged:-

Hepatitis-B, Haemophilia and Myaestheniagravis.";

(vii) for regulation 25, the following regulation shall be substituted, namely:-

"25. Residential Accommodation- (1) No officer shall be entitled as of right to be provided with residential accommodation by the Bank.

(2) It shall, however, be open to the Bank to provide residential accommodation to an officer on payment by the officer, on and from 1st November, 1999, a sum equal to 2.5% of the basic pay in the first stage of the scale of pay in which he is placed or the standard rent for the accommodation, whichever is less:

Provided that where the officer is provided with furniture at such residence, a further sum equal to 0.5% of basic pay in the first stage of the scale of pay in which he is placed, will be recovered by the Bank from him.

Provided further that, where such residential accommodation is provided by the bank, the charges for electricity, water, gas and conservancy shall be borne by the officer.";

(viii) in regulation 35, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely;-

"Provided that in case of additional sick leave availed on or after 29th June, 1999 commutation of additional sick leave may be allowed in accordance with sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 34";

(ix) for Regulation 36, the following regulation shall be substituted, namely: -

"36. Maternity Leave- (1) On and from l" day of April, 2000, leave upto a period of 6 months at a time may be granted by way of Maternity Leave including in respect of post-natal period or at the time of miscarriage or abortion or medical termination of pregnancy:

Provided that not more than 12 months of such leave shall be available during the entire period of service of the officer.

(2) Leave may also be granted once during service to a childless female employee for legally adopting a child which is below one year of age till it reaches the age of one year, subject to a maximum period of two months on the following terms and conditions: -

(i) Leave will be granted for adoption of only one child,

(ii) The adoption of a child should be through a proper legal process and the employee should produce the adoption deed to the Bank for sanctioning such leave.";

(x) in regulation 41, for sub-regulation (4), the following shall be substituted, nameiy:-

"(4)(a) Halting Allowance.- On and from 1st day of June, 2001 an officer in the Grades/Scales set out in column 1 of the Table below shall be entitled to per diem' Halting Allowance at the corresponding rates set out in column 2 thereof:

Provided that where the total period of absence is less than 8 hours but more than 4 hours, Halting Allowance at half the above rates shall be payable.

Explanation :

For the purpose of computing Halting allowance per diem' shall mean each period of 24 hours or any subsequent part thereof, reckoned from the reporting time for departure in the case of air travel and the scheduled time of departure in other cases, to the actual time of arrival. Where the total period of absence is less than 24 hours "per diem' shall mean a period of not less than 8 hours.

(b) Lodging Expenses.- An officer in the Grades/Scales set out in column 1 of the Table below may be reimbursed the actual hotel expenses, restricting to single room accommodation charges in ITDC hotels of the corresponding star category set out in column 2 below:

The Board may prescribe reimbursement of additional limit in excess of the limits prescribed above in accordance with the guidelines of the Government.

(c) Boarding Expenses :- An officer shall be entitled to per diem boarding expenses at the rates set out in sub-regulation 4 (a) above.

,(d) Where lodging is provided at bank's cost or arranged through the bank free of cost, 3/4* of the Halting Allowance will be admissible.

(e) Where boarding is provided at bank's cost or arranged through the bank free

of cost, Vi of the Halting Allowance will be admissible.

(f) Where lodging and boarding are provided at bank's cost or arranged through the bank free of cost, 1/4* of the Halting Allowance will be admissible.

Provided that, in the case of an officer claiming boarding expenses on a declaration basis without production of bills for actual expenses incurred, he shall not be eligible for l/4th of the Halting Allowance.

(g) A supplementary diem allowance of Rs. 10/- per day of halt outside headquarters on inspection duty may be paid to all inspecting officers";

(xi) in regulation 42, for sub-regulation (2X0, the following shall be substituted, namely. -

"(2)(i) On and from the 1st day of April, 1998 an officer on transfer will be reimbursed his expenses for transporting his baggage by goods train upto the following limits :-

(xii) in regulation 46, in sub-regulation (2), after the second proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: -

"Provided also that pay for the purpose of Gratuity of an officer who ceased to be in service during the period 1.4.1998 to 31.10.1999 shall be with regard to scale of pay as specified in sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 4.".

T. M. BHASIN, Dy. General Manager (Per.)

[ADVT-m/TV/128/2002/Exly,] Foot Note :-

The amendments carried out earlier in the Oriental Bank of Commerce (Officers') Service

Regulations, 1982 were published in the Gazette of India vide notifications as under:-

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