2. Service Rules for IPPB 1. Applicability 1, Thes rules shall apply to all Officers on the permanent rolls of the Bank only. 1.2. Officers appointed! engaged on contract shall be govemed as per the terms and condition mentioned in the contract with the Bank 1.3. Officers on deputation’ lien to the Bank shall be governed as per the terms of their deputation? tien to the Bank. 2. Definitions 2.1, In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant to the subject or context: 2.4.1, "Bank" means India Post Payments Bank; 2.4.2, "Board means the Board of the Bank; 2.1.3. "Competent Authority" means the authority who is empowered by the Management of the Bank by an order to discharge functions or use the powers specified in the rule or order; 2.1.4, “Emoluments” means the basic pay, stagnation increment, deamess allowance and special allowance; 2.1.8, "Goverment" means the Government of India; 2.1.6, "Managing Director" means the CEO/ Managing Director of the Bank; 2.1.7. “Management” means the Board and the CEO! Managing Director and includes such individuals or group of individuals as may be defined by the Board 2.1.8, “Officer means a person fitted into or promoted to oF appointed to any of the grades specified in clause 3 of the Service Rules; 2.1.9, "Pay" means basic pay including stagnation increments; 2.1.10."Bipariite Settlement" moans settlement signed between Indian Bank Association and Bank Officers’ Association for pay revision; 2.1.11,"Calendar year" means the period commencing trom the 1* day of January of a year and ending on the 31” day of December of the same year, 2.4.12."Family’ means officors spouse, wholly dependent unmarried children {including step children and legally adopted children), wholly dependent physically challenged brother! sister with 40% or more disability, as also parents ordinarily residing with and wholly dependent on the officer; 2.4.13. Jependent parents” means both parents together not having an income of ‘ver INR 10,000/ - per month;2.4.14,"Dependent Chil 40,000 per month; means a child having monthly income less than INR 2.1.48."Major ‘A’ category city” means cities! places with population more than 45 lacs; 2.1.16.""A’ category city” means places with population over 12 lacs and below 45 lacs; 2.4.17."B' category city” means places with population over § lacs and below 12 lacs: Grade structure and scale of pay 3.4. Following is the grade structure for the Bank: Sete an aes or 14 1 | Scale VIL Chief General Manager Top Executive Grade 2 "Scale VI__| General Manager 3 Scale V | Deputy General Manager | b Senior Management Grade ‘| ; 4 | Scale IV | Chief Manager 5 Scale lll | Manager | | date Management Grade 22 | 6 Scale ll Deputy Manager i a Scale | Assistant Manager | Junior Management Grade | La 8 Scale 0 Officer | 3.2. Seale of Pay 3.24, The pay sae {or the officers of the Bank are as provided below: on vit rs 520 ~ 2,120 (4) ~ 85. 000 Scale VI__ 68,680 ~ 1,960 (4) - 76,520 ‘Scale V_ 59,170~ 1,650 (2) ~ 62,470 ~ 1,800 (2) ~ 66,070 2 3 4 Seale IV, 50,030 — 1,460 (4) ~ 65870 — 1,660 (2) ~ 59,170 i FP 5 Soale it, 42,020~ 1,310 (5) 48,670 ~ 1,480 (2) ~ 51,490 i 2 3570 — 7 7 Scale Il 31,705 — 1,145 (1) — 32,850 ~ 1,310 (10) ~ 45,950 | “scale! 23700980 (7) 30.560 ~ 1,145 (2) 32,850 ~ 1,310 (7) 46,175 ~ 980 (15) 30,876 1,148 (3) ~ 34,310 ~ 1,285 (6) - 8 | SoaloO 47.9204 Increments 4.1, Annual increment: 4.14. Officers shall draw annual increment as defined in their respective pay- scak 4.1.2. Increment falling due on any day of the month will bec first day of the month, me due on the very 4.1.3. Qualifying service of one year for increment will include duty! periods of joave with allowances, and will exclude extraordinary leave on loss of pay and suspension period, 4.2, Stagnation increment 42.4, ‘The stagnation increment will be the last increment of the pay-scale, Officars will be allowed to draw three stagnation increments, one after every two years, upon reaching the maximum of the pay-scate. Pay fixation 5.1. On promotion, pay fixation will be done by granting one notional increment equal to the increment being drawn by the officer in the pay-scale before such promotion, and pay fixed in the promoted pay-scale in the available stage Probation and confirmation: Unless otherwise provided in the terms of appointment or any other agreement or award, the following rules shall govern the probation and confirmation of an officer: 6.1. ‘All officers on first appointment in the service of the Bank on the basis of an open selection, including officers appointed to a higher grade, shall be placed on probation for a period of one year, during which their performance will be monitored with @ view to determining their suitability for confirmation against the permanent post 6.2. The following categories of officers shall be exempted from the requirement of probation: 6.2.1. Officers of Government and Semi-Government organizations who join initially on deputation! Foreign Service for a period prior to their permanent absorption in the service of the Bank. 6.2.2. Officers of Government and Semi-Government organizations who are entitled {9 retain lien in the provious posts as per rulos of the said organizations, provided they surrender their licn on the service of the previous employer. Provided that where an officer chooses to retain lien on the service of the previous organization he may do so subject to the condition that the Bank shall bear no liability whatsoever on that account. 6.2.3. An officer who Is on deputation’ Foreign Service or an officer who retains lien on the service of the provious employer shall be deemed to be confirmed as a permanent officer with effect from the date he surrenders his! her lien on the service of the previous employer. Other officers who are exempled from probation under these rules shall be deemed to be confirmed as permanent officers with effect from the date of joining the service of the Bank.63, The period of probation may be exlended at the discretion of the Competent ‘Authority, but will not bo extended by more than one year save for exceptional reasons to be recorded in writing, 6.4, Unless exempted under these rules, every officer appointed in the Bank's service will bo issued a formal order of confirmation on satisfactory completion of probationary period or the extended period of probation, as may be applicable. The officer will be deemed to be on probation until so confirmed in writing. ‘An order relating to confirmation or extension of probation will normally be communicated within one month from the date of completion of the probationary period or extended period of probation. Non-compliance with this stipulation will rot, howover, result in automatic confirmation of the officer. 6.6. An officer shall be confirmed in the service of the Bank, if, in the opinion of the Competent Authority, the officer has salisfaciorily completed the training in any institution to which the officer may have been deputed for training, and the in. service training in the Bank, 6:7. If during the probationary period or extended period of probation, the performanca, progress and general conduct of the officer are not found satisfactory or up to the slandard required for tho post, his! her services are liable to be terminated at any time by giving such notice or payment of emoluments in lieu thereof without assigning any reason provided hereinafter. In case of 2 promotee from the Bank's service, he may be reverted to the grade from which he was promoted. Seniority 74. Each year, the Bank shall prepare a list of officers in its service showing their names in the order of their seniority on an allindia basis and containing such other particulars as the Bank may determine. A copy of such list shall be kept at every branch or office of the Bank. 7.2. Seniority of an officer in a grade or scale shall be reckoned with reference to the dele of his! her appointment in that grade or scale. Where there are two or more officers of the same length of service in that grade or scale, their inter-se-seniority shall be reckoned with reference to their seniority in the immediately preceding grade or scale or the previous cadre to which they belonged in the Bank's service. Where two or more officers have the same length of service in such precoding grade or scale or such previous cadre, their seniority shall be determined with reference to their seniorily in the immediately preceding grade/ scale as the case may be. 7.3. Subject to the provision of these rules. 7.3.1. The inter-se-seniority of officers directly recruited in a batch to any grade or scale shall be reckoned with reference to the rank allotted to them at the time of such recruitment. 7.3.2. If officers are recruited under the general category and reserved category the seniority intar-se amongst the candidates who join on the same date shall be determined in accordance with the marks obtained by such candidates without adding notional marks for the reserved candidates.7.3.3. If, however, two or more categories of officers such as officers in IT function and officers in sales function join on the same date and if there is no system of maintaining separate seniority list for the different categories of officers, seniority in the common seniority list shall be determined on the basis of their dale of birth 7.2.4. In the case of an officer whose probation has been extended, his! her seniority shall be reckoned just below all the officers, if any, recruited or promoted in the same batch along with him her. 7.3.5. Nothing in these rules shall affect the seniority among themselves of the officers as existing immediately prior to the date of appointment 7.3.6, Training + Employees are liable to undergo such training/ induction’ refresher courses for such period as may be prescribed by the Management from time to time. Training in the Bank shall be govemed by the ‘quidelines prescribed in the Training and Development Policy of the Bank. 8, Age of Retirement 8.1. The age of retirement of an officer shall be as determined by the Board in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Gavernment from time to time. The current age of retirement is 60 years, 8.2. Management may, at its discretion, on review by the Special Committee(s). retire, if itis of the opinion that itis in the public interest, an officer on or at any time after the completion of 55 years of age or on or at any time after the completion of 30 years of total service as an officer or otherwise whichever Is earlier, Provided further that before retiring an officer, at least three months’ notice in ‘writing or an amount equivalent to three months substantive emoluments, shall be givon to such officer, Provided further that an officer aggrieved by the order of the Competent Authority, {as provided in these rules may within one month of the passing of the order, give in writing, a representation to the Board against the decision of Competent Authority, and on teceipt of such representation from the concerned officer, the Board shall consider his! her representation and take a decision within a period of three months. Where the Board decides that the order passed by the Competent Authority is not justified, the concemed officer shall be reinstated as though the Competent Authority has not passed the order. Provided also that nothing in these rules shall be deemed to preclude an officer from retiring earlier pursuant to the option exercised by him! her in accordance with the rules of the Bank. 8.3. An officer will retire on the last day of the month in which he completes his! her age of retirement. Provided that an officer whose date of birth is on the first day of the month, shall retire from the servico on the afternoon of the last day of the preceding month on altaining the age of retirement8.4; The Management shall constitute / Special Committee(s) consisting of not less than three members, to review whether an officer should be retired in accordance with the aforementioned provisions to these rules. Such Committee! Committees shall, from time to time, review the case of each officer and no order of retirement shall be made unless the Special Committee/ Special Committees recommends in writing to the Competent Authority the retirement of the officer. Termination of Service 9.1. Subject to the clause 6.7 of Service Rules, where the Bank is satisfied that the performance of an officer is unsatisfactory or inadequate or there is a bonafide suspicion about his! her integrity or his/ her retention in the Bank's service would be prejudicial to the interests of the Bank and where it is not possible or expedient to procaed against him/ her as per the disciplinary procedure, the Bank may {terminate his/ her services on giving him! her three months’ notice or emoluments in feu thereof. 9.2. Order of termination under these rules shall not be made unless such officer has been given a reasonable opportunity of making a representation to the Management against the proposed order. The decision to terminate the services of an officer under clause 9.1 of Service Rules will be taken only by the / Management. 9.3. The officer shall be entitled to appeal against any order passed under these rules by preferring an appeal within 15 days to the Board of the Bank, If the appeal is allowed the order under these rules shall stand cancelled. 9.4. Where an officer whose services have been terminated and who has been paid an amount of three months’ emoluments in lieu of notice and on appeal, his! her termination Is cancelled, the amount paid to him! her in lieu of notice shall be adjusted against the salary that he would have eamed, had his/ her services not been terminated and he shall continue in the Bank's employment on same terms. and conditions as if the order of termination had not been passed at all 9.5, An officer whose services are terminated under these rules above shall be paid Gratuity, Provident Fund including employer's contribution and all other dues that may be admissible to him/ her as per rules notwithstanding the years of servic rendered, 9.6. An officer shall not leave or discontinue his! her service in the Bank without first giving a notice in writing of his/ her intention to leave or discontinue his/ her service ‘or resign, The period of notice required shall be 3 months and shall be submitted to the Competent Authority as prescribed in these rules. Provided further that the Competent Authority may reduce the period of 3 month or remit the requirement of notice. 9.7. An officer against whom disciplinary proceedings are pending shall not leave/ discontinue or resign from his/ her service in the bank without the prior approval in writing of Competent Authority and any notice or resignation given by such an officer before or during the disciplinary proceedings shall nol take effect unless itis accepted by the Competent Authority 9.8. Disciplinary proceedings shall be deemed to be pending agairist any officer for the purpose of these rules if he has been placed under suspension or any notice hasbeen issued to hin! her to show-cause why disciplinary proceedings shail not be «instituted against him! her and will be deemed to be pending until final orders are passed by the Competent Authority 9.9. The officer against whom disciplinary proceedings have been initiated will cease to tbe in service on the date of superannuation but the disciplinary proceedings will continue as if he was in sorvice until the proceedings are concluded and final order is passed in respect thereof. The concerned officer will not receive any pay ancl or allowance afler the date of superannuation. He will also not be entitled for the payment of retirement benefits til the proceedings are completed and final order is passed thereon except his! her contribution to EPF. 10. Allowances 10.1. Dearness Allowance: Deamess Allowance shall be payable for every rise or fall of four points over 4440 points in tho quarterly average of the All India Average Working Class Consumer Price Index (General) Base 1960=100 at 0.10% of Pay. 10.2.House Rent Allowance: PClassincatior-of place [Major “A” category cities 9% of Pay 1 \'R category cities : 1 B% of Pay All Other places 17% of Pay Provided that, if an officer produces a rent receipt, the HRA payable fo him! her shall be the actual rent paid by him her for the residential accommodation in ‘excess over 0.75% of Pay in the first stage of the scale of pay in which he/ she is placed with a maximum of 150% of the HRA payable as per the aforesaid rates ‘mentioned in the table above. The claims of officers for HRA linked to the cost of their ownership accommodation shall also be restricted to 150% of HRA as hitherto, 10.3. Company leased accommodation in lieu of HRA: 10.3.1. Company leaged accommodation is provided to officers on lease basis with following ceiling (all figures are in INR): Bees p Scale VIl_ 79,500 Seale VI 74.500 Scale V 49,600 ‘Seale IV | 39,00 Scale lll 34,500 | Scale Il”) 32,500 Scale! 29,500 ScaleO 26,50010.3.2. Rent recovery for the company leased accommodation shall be as under: a House rent recovery! standard rent at fist 0.76% of Pay: slage 10.4.Special Allowance 10.4.4. The officer shall bo paid Special Allowance as under "Scale VII 119% of Basic Pay + applicable Dearness Allowance Scale Vi thereon I Scale V 10% of Basic Pay + applicable Deamess Allowance Scale WV thereon | Scale Il Scale ll | 7.75% of Basic Pay + applicable Deamness Allowance | Scale | thereon Scale 0 | 40.4.2 Tho special allowance with applicable DA thereon shall not be reckoned for retirement benefits, viz. PF and Gratuity. 10.5.City Componsatory Allowance 40.5.1. The officers shall be paid City Compensatory Allowance as per their posting locations as under ert wale 5 Places in A category (inel. major A) i; INR 870) - per and in the State of Goa 0.15% of Pay month Places with population of five takhs : | | and over and State Capitals and INR 6001 - per | Chandigarh, Pucucharry and Port 0.15% of Pay | month i Biair 40.6.A bouquet of Allowances at the rate of 50% of minimum basic pay will be reimbursed/ paid as a part of salary. Once every year, during the month of April, the Officer will have to choose and inform the HR Department of the allowances he’ she intends to opt for during the year. Typical bouquet of allowances will include some or all of the following, and prevalent income tax rules shall be applicable: 10.6.1, Newspaper! magazine allowance 40.6.2, Petrol and Driver 10.6.3. Club membership 10.6.4, Leave travel concession10.6.5, Furniture and Fixture: 10.6.6. Medical allowance (Out Pati ) 10.6.7. House cleaning allowance and casual labor 10.6.8. Children education alowence 10.6.9. Entertainment allowance 410,7.Location! Duty specific allowance: Following location! duly specific allowances shall be paid as per the Bipartite settlement 10.7.1. Special Area Allowance 40.7.2. Project Area Compensatory Allowance 40.7.3. Mid Acadomic Year Transfer Allowance 10.7.4, Deputation Allowance 10.7.5. Hill & Fuel Allowance 10.7.6, Split duty allowance 11, Performance Pay 44.1,0fficer in the Bank will be entitled to performance pay based on the annual performance assessed through a robust performance management system. 14.2. The performance pay will be based on the following considerations: 44.2.4. Porformance of the Bank with respect to target set by the Department of Posts 11.2.2, Performance of individual officers, 11.2.3. Profitability of the Bank Note: Since the Bank may not eam profit during the initial phase, performance pay may be paid based on the bank performance vis-a-vis targets sel by Department of Posts and performance of individual officers with the specific approval of Department of Posts. Whenever the Bank starls eaming profits, the budget for performance pay shall be limiled to 5% of the profit before tax. 12, Hospitalization Expenses 42.1.Officers will be covered in the medical insurance scheme subscribed by the Bank ‘having the following fealuros 42.4.4. The scheme will cover officer, spouse, dependent children and dependent parents and dependent parents of spouse. 42.1.2. The sum assured for hospitalization and domiciliary treatment coverage shall be INR 4, 00,000 (four facs) per annum 12.1.3.1n addition, Bank will take a floater cover for ofitical illness of an appropriate amount to cover medical expenses of officers on account of ciitical illness which otherwise could not be met out of the officers Insurance cover,13. Medical check-up scheme 13:1.Officers aged 45 years and above and their spouse are eligible for medical checkup once in 2 years in the approved diagnostic center. Maximum amount reimbursable for medical checkup shall be INR 9,000. 14, Group Personal Accident Insurance 44.1.The Bank shall insure officers under the Group Personal Accident insurance to cover them against disabloment/ death on account of accidents whether during uty or outside duty. 44.2. The maximum insurance cover for all officers will be INR. 10,00,000. 15, Terminal Benefits 16.1.Provident Fund 45.1.4. Employer Contribution; The contribution payable by the Bank shall be at the rate of 12% (or any olher rate as may be prescribed by the EPFO in future) of the monthly emoluments to each officer who is eligible for membership of the Fund. cer shall contribute at the rate of 12% of 15.1.2. Employee Contribution: Of monthly emolument 15.2.€mployee Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme (EDLI): Bank will take a group insurance scheme from an insurance company in lieu of EDLI, The benefits under EDL will be administered through the group insurance scheme. The contribution to EDLI shall be 0.5% of monthly emolument, subjact to a maximum of INR 75 per month. The maximum coverage under EDL! is INR 6 Lacs. 15.3.Gratully 15.3.1. Gratuity shall be payable to an officer on the termination of his! her employment after he has rendered continuous service for not less than five years a, Onhis/ her superannuating or b. On his! her resigna jon, retirement or tormination of his! her service ©. Onhis/ her death or disablement due to accident or disease, 46.3.2. Provided that the completion of continuous service of five years shall not be necessary where the termination of the employment of any officer is due to death or disablement. 15.3.3, Provided further that in the case of death of the officer, gratuity payable to him’ her shall be paid to his! her nominee, or if no nomination has been made, to his! her legal heirs. 15.3.4. The amount of gratuity shall be equal to fifteen days emoluments last drawn by the officer concerned for every completed year of service or part thereof in excoss of six months subject to maximum of 40 times 15 days emoluments or INR 10 lacs.4.3.6.1n case of death of an officer, amount of gratuity will be admissible ‘as calculated above or as worked out below, which ever be more. See pees: Upto 1 Year “times 1 days emoluments | | More than 1 Year up to 6 years: 12 times 15 days emoluments: More than 5 Years but up to 20 years | 24 times 15 days emoluments More than 20 years Haif month’s emoluments for each completed hall year of service subject to a maximum of 66 times 15 days emoluments. Provided howover the amount of gratuily shall | inno case exceed INR 10 lacs 45.3.6. The amount of gratuity equal to fifteen days emoluments shall be ‘computed in the following manner: Monthly emoluments 45 Days emoluments = 18.3.7. Gratuily payable to an officer shall be managed in the Bank by taking {group gratuity scheme from an insurance company. 16.3.8, Forfeiture of Gratuity: The gratuity can be forfeited under the following circumstances: fa. The gratuity of an officar, whose services have been terminated for any act of wilful omission or negligence causing any damage of 108s to, of destruction of property belonging to the Company shall be forfeited to the extent of tho damage or loss so caused. b. The graluity payable to an officer shall be wholly forfeited = ifthe services of such olfcer have been terminated for his! her riotous or disorderly conduet or any other act of violence on his! her pan, or = If services of such officer have been terminated for any act which constitutes an offence involving moral turpitude, provided that such offence [s commitled by him/her in tho course of his! her employment. 16. Loan for the Purchase of Conveyance: 16.4.The Bank may grant to an officer confirmed in the bank's service loans for the purchase of a motor car or other conveyance, as per the conveyance advance rules as applicable to officers of Goverment of India, 17. Loans for Purchase of Houses: 47.4-The bank may grant to an officer confirmed in the bank's service, a loan for the purchase of land, for construction of a house, flal or apariment or for extension or Fenovation of a house, flat or apartment, as applicable to officers of Government48. Leave 48.1.Kinds of Leave: Subject to the grant of leave being determined by the exigencies of service, an officer shall be eligible for the following kinds of leave: 18.1.1, Casual leave 18.1.2, Privilege leave 18.1.3, Sick leave 18.1.4, Maternity leave 18.1.5, Paternity leave 18.1.6. Extraordinary leave on loss of pay 18.1.7. Special Casual leave and Special leave 18.2.Casual Leave 18.2.1.An officer shall be eligible for casual leave on full emoluments for 12 ‘working days in a calendar year provided that not more than 4 days casual leave may be availad of al any one time. 18.2.2. Casual Leave not availed by the end of calendar year will apse, 183.Privlege Leave 18.3.1.An officer shall be eligible for privilege leave computed at one day for every 11 days of service on duly provided that at the commencement of service no privilege leave may be availed of before completion of 11 months of sorvice on duty. 18.3.2. An officer on privilege leave shall be entitled to full emoluments for the poriod of leave, 18.3.3. The period of privilege leave to which an officer is entitled at any time shall ‘be the period which he has earned, less the period of leave availed of. 18.3.4, Privilege leave may be accumulated up to not more than 300 days. 18.3.5, An officer desiring to avail of privilege leave shall ordinarily give not less, than one month's notice of his her intention to avail of such leave. 18.3.6 Privilege Leave can be encashed once in a year to the extent of 80% of the leave balance in the account of the officer. 18.3.7. 100% of privilege leave balance can be encashed on last drawn emoluments at the time of separation from service on account of resignation, retirement and death. 18.4. Sick Leave: 18.4.1. An officer shall be eligible for 30 days of sick leave for each completed year of service subject to a maximum of 18 months during the entire service. Such leave can be accumulated up to 40 days during the entire service and may be availed of only on production of medical certificate by‘a medical practitioner acceptable to the bank or at the bank's discration nominated by it at its cost. 18.4.2. n respect of the period of sick leave an officer shall be eligible to receive one half of the full emoluments. Provided that if an officer so desires, the Bank may permit himy her to draw full emoluments in respect of any portion of the sick leave granted to him! her twice the amount of such period on full ‘emoluments being debited against sick leave account 18.4.3. The bank may require any officer desiring to resume duty on the expiry of sick leave, to produce medical cortificato saying that he is fit for duty 18.5.Special Sick Leave: Special Sick Leave up to 30 days may be granted to an officer ‘once during his/ her entire period of service for donation of kidney! organ. 18,6, Matemity Leave’ 18.6.1. Leave up to @ period of 6 months at a time may be granted by way of Matemity Leave including in respect of post-natal period or at the time of miscarriage or abortion of 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. 18.6.2. Leave may also be granted once during service to a childless female officer for legally adopting a child which Is below one year of age Ill it reaches the age of one year, subject fo @ maximum periad of two months cn the following terms and conditions: a. Leave will be granted for adoption of only one child. b. The adoption of a child should be through a proper legal process and the officer should produce the adoption deed fo the Bank for sanctioning such leave. 18.6.3. Maternity leave will also be regulated by the provisions under Maternity Benefit Act, 1961. 18.7.Patomity Leave: Male officers with less than two surviving children shall be eligible for 15 days paternity leave during his wife's confinement, This leave may be combined with any other kind of leave except casual leave. The leave shall be applied up to 15 days before or up to 6 months from the date of delivery of the child 18.8.Extraordinary Leave on loss of pay ‘An officer should be eligible for extraordinary leave on loss of pay for not more than 360 days during the entire period of service. Such leave may not be availed of except for sufficient reasons on more than 90 days at a time provided that in very special circumstances, the Board may grant extraordinary leave on loss of pay to an officer up to a total period of 720 days. 18.9.Special Casual leave and Special leave {An officer may be granted special casual leave and any special leave as may be decided by the Board in accordance with the guidelines of the Government of India19. 18.10. Lapse of Leave ‘All leave to the credit of an officer shall lapse on resignation, retirement, death, dismissal or termination for any reason except casual leave which will lapse at the ‘end of the year and privilege leave which will be encashable at the time of resignation, retirement and death, subject to the limits specified 18.11. Recall for Duty ‘An officer on leave may be recalled to duty by the Competent Authority whenever the bank deems fit fo do so but ifthe officer is at that time out of station, he shall be eligible to be paid the actual expenses incurred by him/ her and the members of his! her family for coming back to the station and if the officer and the members of his/ her family go back to the same station from which he was called for the return journey also. 18.12. Fumishing the Leave Address to the Bank ‘An officer who has been sanctioned leave and leaves his! her place of duty shall furnish fo the bank, the address at which he can be contacted while out of station. Reimbursement of Expenses on Travel 19.1. Mode of Travel & Expenses on domestic Travel 19.1.1.An officer in Junior Management Grade may travel by train (AC Sleeper). He may, however, travel by air (economy class) if so permitted by, the Competent Authority, having regard to the exigencies of business, 49.1.2. An officer in Middle Management Grade may travel by AC Sleeper by train. He may, however, travel by air (economy class) if the distance to be traveled is more than 500 kms. He may, however, travel by air (economy class) even for a shorter distance if so permitted by the Competent Authority, having regard to the exigencies of business. 19.1.3, An officer in Senior Management or Top Executive Grade may travel by train AC ‘st class or by air (economy class). 19.1.4. An officer in Senior Management or Top Executive Grade may travel by car between placos not connected by air or rail provided that the distance does not exceed 500 kms one way. However, when a major part of the distance between the two places can be covered by air or rail only the rest of the distance should normally be covered by car. 19.1.5. Any other officer may be authorized by the Competent Authority, having regard to the exigencies of business to travel by his/ her own vehicle or by taxi or by the Bank's vehicle, 19.1.6. For iravel by own vehicle, the rate of reimbursement are as under: = Sees Four wheeler (Engine capacity of 9 1000 cc or more) i i Four wheeler (Engine capacity of 7 less than 1000 cc) _49.1.7. Where hiring of @ taxi is permitted, the actual taxi charges will be reimbursed. 49.1.8.For travel by public motor or water transport, the actual fare will be Teimbursed. The entitled class for travel by water transport is deluxe cabin. 19.2.Halting Allowance 49.2.1. An officer in the scales set out in the table below shall be entitled to ‘per diem’ Halling Allowance at the corresponding rates: INCITS Scale Vil Scale VI | i + 1300 | 1,100 950 Scale V 1 Scale IV Scale til Scale I! 14,300 1100 | 950 850 Scale | Scale 0 | 49.2.2. For the purpose of computing Halting Allowance: ‘per diem’ shall mean ‘each poriod 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 loss than 24 hours ‘per diem’ shall mean a period of not less than 8 hours, 49.2.3. Provided that where the total period of absence is less than 6 hours but more than 4 hours, Halting Allowance at half the above rates shall be payable. 19.2.4, Where lodging and boarding are provided at bank's cost or arranged through the bank free of cost, 25% of the Halting Allowance will be admissible. 19.3,Lodging Expenses 49.3.1.An officer may be reimbursed the actual hotel expenses with a ceiling ‘mentioned in the table below: Scale VI I 11,000 9,700 6.200 4,800 | Scalevl | | |Scale IV | Scale Ill i 4,000 3,600 2,600 2,000 Scale It Scale | Sealed 2,600 2,400 4,900 1,600 19.4.Transfer Travelling Allowance 19.4.1. An officer on transfer and the members of his! her family will be eligible to travel to the place of posting by the same mode of travel and class of ‘accommodation which the officer is entitled 10 as per the TA/ DA Rules of the Bank. 19.4.2. Transportation expenses: Actual Goods train freight incurred will be reimbursed limited to the full wagon (2,500 Kgs) rate. For shifting own cart two wheeler, actual freight charges will be reimbursed, 19.4.3. Packing, insurance, local transportation expenses: These expenses will be reimbursed without production of bills, receipts, cash memos against declaration as under: ee Scale Vil Scale VI 20,000 ‘Scale V Scale IV Scale I |‘Scate i | Seale | Scale 0 - 15,000 20. Transferability 20.1, Every officer is liable for transfer to any office or branch of the Bank or to any place in india 20.2. The Management reserves the right to require any employee to work overtime including work on weekly holidays and public holidays in accordance with the Instructions of the Management issued from time to time or in cases of exigencies of work. The employee is also liable to be called for duty at any time. 20.3.Joining Time on Transfer:20.3.1.An officer shall be eligible for joining time on one occasion, and not ‘exceeding seven days, exclusive of the number of days spent on travel, to enable him/ her to join @ new post fo which he is appointed while on duty in his/ her old post. 20.3.2. During the joining time, an officer shall be eligible to draw the emoluments as applicable at the place of transfer 20.3.3. n calculating the joining time admissible to an officer, the day on which he is relieved from hisf her old post shall be excluded, but public holidays: following the day of his! her relief shall not be included in computing the joining time. 20.3.4. No joining time shall be admissible to an officer when the transfer does not involve @ posting to a different place. 20.3.5. No joining time will be admissible to an officer when hiis/ her posting is of a temporary nature, irrespective of the fact that the posting is to a place or station other than the one at which he is permanently posted. 21. Powers to Interpret Rules 24.1.In case of any questions related to interpretation of this policy the decision of Managing Director shall be final. 22, Power to modify/ alter Rules 22.1.Any modification! alteration! amendment to the rules shall be carried out with the approval of Board.