Federation of Bank of Baroda Officers’ Associations
(Affiliated to AIBOC)
Regd Office: Kolkata, Registered under the Trade Unions Act 1926 - Reg. no. 29147
No.18, G.K. Plaza, Swami Vivekananda Road, Halasuru, (Near Lido Mall), Bengaluru – 08
Phone: 080 - 25567537 / 080 – 25307645, Email: [email protected]
Circular 15/2019 Date: 28.10.2019
Dear Friends,
Inauguration of Heritage Museum in Vijaya Towers, Bengaluru
Memories of the erstwhile Vijaya Bank which was amalgamated with Bank of Baroda and Dena Bank on
with effect from 1st April 2019 can now be refreshed at the museum dedicated to its history. Sri Jose J.
Kattor, Regional Director of RBI, Bengaluru inaugurated the museum which has rare collections of
photographs through which the growth of the Bank is showcased. Dr Sharat Shetty, grandson of the
founder Chairman, Late Shri Attavara Balakrishna Shetty; Smt Vranda Shetty Punja, daughter of the
modern architect of the Bank, Late Shri Mulky Sunderram Shetty; Sri Murali Ramaswami & Sri
Vikramditya Singh Khichi, our Executive Directors were present.
Few photographs taken during the occasion are shared below:
Federation of Bank of Baroda Officers Associations (FBOBOA) continues its proactive
approach by way of Protests and Memorandums
In pursuance of our proactive approach, we have submitted the following Letters / Memorandums
which are appended:
Letter Number / Subject
Date
FBOBOA /2019/ 66 Letter to Executive Directors demanding rescinding of HO Circular no. HO: BR:
dated 23.10.2019 111/271 dated 25.09.2019 regarding Check Off facility through HRMS / HRNes
FBOBOA /2019/67 Work Life Balance – Demanding issue of -01) HO Circular intimating change of
dated 24.10.2019 Admin Office timings to 10 am to 5 pm instead of leaving the exercise to
individual Zones 02) Work Life Balance Circular goading Executives to shun late
sitting / holiday working practices.
FBOBOA /2019/68 Diwali celebrations- Demand for issue of HO circular clearly listing expenditure
dated 25.10.2019 limits & to stop discriminatory practices in celebrating the festival.
BOBOA/BNG/02:2019 Protest letter served on Zonal Head- General Manager, Bengaluru zone for
dated 21.10.2019 withdrawing Car Parking facility for Employees / Officers up to Scale III.
BOBOA/CHAND/03/ Protest letter served on Zonal Head- General Manager, Chandigarh zone for
2019 dated unregulated, unwarranted, untimely transfers & misbehaviour by Regional
28.10.2019 Managements
FBOBOA continues its relentless efforts in changing the Transfer Policy & effectively tackling
the issues faced by the Officers community of the Bank
Both in our Joint Meeting on 05.10.2019 & in the special Discussion session on 14.10.2019 at BCC,
Mumbai with the Management, we have uncompromisingly pursued the demand for scrapping of the
draconian Transfer Policy, and replacing the same with a scientifically revamped one. Members are
aware that the existing Transfer Policy of the bank - BCC/BR/110/300 dated 08.06.2018 –
purported to have been introduced after due deliberations with All India Bank of Baroda Officers
Association (Affiliated to INBOC & INTUC) meant transfer of all Officers, including ladies, out of
the Zone / State after 6 years without any exception. Adding salt to the injury, eligibility to
enter any Zone / State, including the deficit one, is after 6 long years. This Policy is sure to
displace more than 50 % of the Officers’ from their present Zone / State during Transfers-2020, even
if they are working in deficit zones, unless we succeed in getting the policy rescinded. Hence, it is a
question of life & death for the Officers community. We have strongly demanded emulation
of the policy of SBI & Bank of India wherein Officers are retained in the deficit zone till they
are promoted to Scale V. We have also sought calling for options from all the Officers
(presently working out of their home zone / state) for transfer to deficit zones, without
linkage to their service in the present zone. We have demanded strict Timeliness for issue
of Transfer Orders starting with the inter zone transfers happening in second week of April.
Many more radical demands such as linking the distance from the present place of working
of an officer to his/her home Region for getting home state transfer, special weightage for
lady officers, provisions for home region posting for officers coming under PWD category
and officers having PWD dependants, and so on, have been made by us.
We call upon all Officers to furnish the relevant data, including their home state & choice posting
requirement, by filling the details online through the below mentioned link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfbAf3Eca8LNJMHqOoQJHJxs81slnn74zyZcuXKp37SX
lOsoA/viewform?usp=sf_link
We have protested the inordinate delay in sanction of Staff Loans / TA / LFC / other bills etc. Kindly
furnish the details of the issues, if any, through the following online link so that the Association can
pursue the issues backed by relevant data:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRyNXNlTtGpnGFhT7hh1VVTC9rChHrQG-RYm-
0mnEFgwdvRw/viewform?usp=sf_link
We call upon all Barodians to support us in our endeavours by furnishing the requisite data through
the above mentioned online links, which in the final analysis, are aimed at easing the present
suffocating work environment and to improve the Work Life Balance of the Officers community.
With warm greetings,
Yours sincerely
(K Prakash Rao)
General Secretary
(Registered under the Trade Unions Act, 1926, Registration no. 29147)
(Affilated to AIBOC)
Regd Office: Kolkata
Central Office: No.18, G.K. Plaza, Swami Vivekananda Road, (Opp. Namma
Metro Railway Pillar no. 132), Halasuru, (Near Lido Mall), Bangalore-8
Phone: 080 - 25567537 / 080 – 25307645, Email: [email protected]
Ref No. FBOBOA / 2019 / 66 Date: 23.10.2019
The Executive Director in charge of HR
Bank of Baroda
Chairman Baroda Corporate Centre
Sanjeev K. Varshney Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400051
Mob. 97990 45546
Dear Sir,
Sub: Check-off facility
Ref: Circular no. HO: BR: 111/271 dated 25.09.2019
President This is in continuation to our protest letter FBOBOA / 2019 /58 dated 02.10.2019
S. S. Prasad addressed to MD & CEO under a copy to you.
Mob. 91529 40736
We bring to your notice that the Circular no. HO: BR: 111/271 dated 25th
September, 2019 issued by you, is unconstitutional and opposed to law since Right to
form Trade Union or Association including the right to be a member thereof is a
guaranteed fundamental right with statutory guidelines. An officer has a right to join
Senior Vice- any Association / Union he wishes to. This is subject to the constitution / bye-laws of
President the Association / Union of which he wants to become a member. There is no rationale
Tapas Kumar Ghosh or basis for disclosing online the wish of an officer to become a member of a
Mob. 94490 08541 particular Association / Union, which has been extended the check-off facility. The
authorisation of the union for the purpose of implementing check-off system for a
member cannot be negated or curtailed. Reference in this regard may please be
made to your earlier communiqués namely ‘Book of Instructions’ / Circulars bearing
nos. HO: BR: 110: 08 dated 10.01.2018 and BCC: BR: 110: 280 dated 01.06.2018,
Senior Vice- wherein the bank management itself has accepted the right of authorisation by an
President Association / Union for the purpose of implementing check-off facility in case of that
particular member.
S. D. Thanki
Mob. 98241 90441 The disclosure of wish of an officer to become member of a particular union will
definitely impede the Trade Union’s / Association’s activities as also the free exercise
of an officer’s right to choose the Association / Union of which he desires to become a
member.
Furthermore, restriction of officers up to MMG-III for the purpose of exercising check-
General Secretary off facility is also without any basis and amounts to discrimination amongst officers of
K. Prakash Rao various grades, which is invidious in nature.
Mob. 96869 22809
In view of the above, we urge upon you to rescind the Circular no. HO: BR: 111/271
dated 25th September, 2019 and follow the system of check-off facility through
authorisation by Association / Union without disclosure of the intention of individual
member to become member of Association / Union and also allow check-off facility to
be exercised by officers above MMG-III scale.
Secretary General
Kishore E. Kadam Furthermore, it is transpired that many non-optees / non-unionised officers are being
Mob. 98210 66686 shown as members of AIBOBOA in HRMS / HRNes. It is a matter of conjecture that
despite not having exercised any mandate either in physical form or through HRMS,
how these officers are being shown as members of this particular association. This
clearly smacks of nepotism and bias.
(Registered under the Trade Unions Act, 1926, Registration no. 29147)
(Affilated to AIBOC)
Regd Office: Kolkata
Central Office: No.18, G.K. Plaza, Swami Vivekananda Road, (Opp. Namma
Metro Railway Pillar no. 132), Halasuru, (Near Lido Mall), Bangalore-8
Phone: 080 - 25567537 / 080 – 25307645, Email:
[email protected] Ref No. FBOBOA / 2019 / 66 Date: 23.10.2019
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Chairman In view of the apparent glaring inconsistency, which may lead to sponsoring a
Sanjeev K. Varshney particular trade union, namely, AIBOBOA by the Management, we urge upon you to
Mob. 97990 45546 maintain absolute transparency and ensure disclosure of the actual number of officers
having exercised their option in one form or other for deduction of subscription in
favour of AIBOBOA forthwith.
President Thanking you,
S. S. Prasad
Mob. 91529 40736 Yours sincerely,
Senior Vice- (K. Prakash Rao)
President General Secretary
Tapas Kumar Ghosh
Mob. 94490 08541
Copy to: 01) Sri Murali Ramaswami Executive Director
02) Sri V. S. Khichi, Executive Director
03) Sri Soumya Datta, General Secretary, All India Bank Officers’ Confederation
(AIBOC)
Senior Vice-
President
S. D. Thanki
Mob. 98241 90441
General Secretary
K. Prakash Rao
Mob. 96869 22809
Secretary General
Kishore E. Kadam
Mob. 98210 66686
(Registered under the Trade Unions Act 1926, Registration no. 29147)
(Affilated to AIBOC)
Regd Office: Kolkata
Central Office: No.18, G.K. Plaza, Swami Vivekananda Road, (Opp. Namma
Metro Railway pillar no. 132), Halasuru, (Near Lido Mall), Bangalore-8
Phone: 080 - 25567537 / 080 – 25307645, Email: [email protected]
Ref No. FBOBOA / 2019 / 67 Date: 24.10.2019
The Executive Director in charge of HR
Bank of Baroda
Chairman Baroda Corporate Center,
Sanjeev K. Varshney Mumbai
Mob. 97990 45546 Dear Sir,
Sub: Work life balance
This is in continuation to the following memorandums submitted to you /
President MD & CEO on the captioned subject:
S. S. Prasad
FBOBOA / 09 dated 14.06.19 FBOBOA / 39 dated 23.08.19
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FBOBOA / 16 dated 05.07.19 FBOBOA / 59 dated 02.10.19
FBOBOA / 21 dated 19.07.19 FBOBOA / 61 dated 16.10.19
Senior Vice-President FBOBOA / 30 dated 08.08.19
Tapas Kumar Ghosh
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While thanking you for instructions for issue of Office Orders intimating
change of Admin office timings to 10 am to 5.00 pm at BCC Mumbai &
Bhopal Zonal Office, we request that the changed Admin Office timing
Senior Vice-President guidelines be released from Head Office for all the Admin Offices of the
S. D. Thanki Bank, by way of a single Circular, as against the present practice of each
Mob. 98241 90441 Zonal Head replicating the exercise.
Further, we are eagerly awaiting the issue of Work Life Balance Circular
from your good office, cajoling the field functionaries to avoid wasteful late
sitting & holiday working practices which are pulling down Bank’s
General Secretary productivity in addition to upsetting the Work Life Balance of our
K. Prakash Rao employees.
Mob. 96869 22809 Thanking you,
Yours sincerely
Secretary General
Kishore E. Kadam
(K Prakash Rao)
Mob. 98210 66686
General Secretary
CC to: 01) Sri Murali Ramaswami, Executive Director
02) Sri Vikramaditya Singh Khichi, Executive Director
03) General Manager- HR Integration & Strategic HR
Note to .. 1. The General Manager & Exe. Secy. to MD & CEO, BCC,
Mumbai.
2. All General Managers-CC, General Managers & Deputy
General Managers, BCCjBSTjDCC, Mumbai.
3. The Secretaries to All Executive Directors, BCC, Mumbai.
4. All Link Officers of BCC, BST, DCC, Jogeshwari, BCMS-
MMO
From .. Corp. Office Administration Department, BCC, Mumbai
Date .. 18th October Ref. .. BCC:OA:HRM:111/ 538 J
2019 No.
Subject .. Change in work timings at Corporate Office, Mumbai
Sir/ Ma'am,
It has been decided to change the work timings of offices attached to Baroda Corporate
Centre, Baroda Sun Tower, eDena Corporate Centre from 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. to
10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. with effect from 0 1.1l.20 19 including the recess period of -30-
minutes between 01.00 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.
Accordingly, timings of employees working in shifts or on staggered basis need to be
synchronized with the change in work timings of the office, by the respective line
functionaries / vertical heads.
We, therefore give below the work timings of certain specific departments attached to
BCC.
Sr. No. Department Timings
1 Library 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
2 Canteen To avoid rush in the canteen during lunch
break, staff members are requested to use the
canteen for lunch break for -30- minutes
between 1.00 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.
3 Doctor 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m,
4 Courier 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
5 Bus Timings To be decided by the Bus Committee.
Similarly, timings of security arrangement / watch & ward staff have been reworked
based on change in working hours in administrative offices.
We, therefore, request you to bring the aforesaid to the notice of all staff members and
ensure that the same are being adhered to strictly.
We request you to display the aforesaid contents on the notice board of the
concerned departments so that the same is brought to the notice of one and all.
K.B. GUPTA
GENERAL MANAGER & HEAD
(FM, COA, DMS & SECURITY)
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Baroda Corporate Centre, C-26, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex,Mumbai 400051, India
lli1a1/Phone:91 22 6698 5000; tf;crn/Fax: 91 22 2652 3514 ; web: www.bankofbaroda.com
(Registered under the Trade Unions Act 1926, Registration no. 29147)
(Affilated to AIBOC)
Regd Office: Kolkata
Central Office: No.18, G.K. Plaza, Swami Vivekananda Road, (Opp. Namma
Metro Railway pillar no. 132), Halasuru, (Near Lido Mall), Bangalore-8
Phone: 080 - 25567537 / 080 – 25307645, Email: [email protected]
Ref No. FBOBOA / 2019 / 68 Date: 25.10.2019
The Executive Director in charge of HR
Bank of Baroda
Baroda Corporate Center,
Chairman Mumbai
Sanjeev K. Varshney
Mob. 97990 45546 Dear Sir,
Sub: Celebration of Diwali - Festival of lights
On behalf of 11,000 plus members of FBOBOA, we wish you “ A Happy & Prosperous
Diwali’. Let Diwali, which symbolizes victory of light over darkness, good over evil
President and knowledge over ignorance, bring cheer to all of us by way of superlative
S. S. Prasad performance & profitability in Bank of Baroda.
Mob. 91529 40736
We bring to your kind notice the issue of lack of clarity on the Diwali celebrations &
expenditure front. While many Administrative Offices/ Branches have spent quite
lavishly, in multitudes of several lakhs, towards Decorations & Gifts (both on
customers and employees), few others, especially belonging to e Dena & e Vijaya
Senior Vice-President have not spent a rupee. This differentiation was seen even amongst Offices located
Tapas Kumar Ghosh in different floors in the same building. Another peculiar practice, which is not
prevalent in many Banks, is giving away gifts to Borrowers - there is no justification
Mob. 94490 08541 for this.
These disturbing practices are the result of lack of clarity from the Head Office /
Zonal Offices. Many Banks like SBI, PNB, OBC have issued clear cut instructions
permitting expenditure of Rs 1,000/- per employee towards Diwali Gifts (copy of
Senior Vice-President such instructions enclosed). We request that similar guidelines are issued in our
S. D. Thanki Bank. We also request that explicit guidelines are issued from Head Office listing
Mob. 98241 90441 outer limits linked to the branch / regional / zonal business, for distribution of Gifts
to Clients, so as to curtail the present unnecessary lavish expenditure being made
as per the whims & fancy of the Executives.
We also suggest that clear cut guidelines are in place for different celebrations
throughout the year so as to avoid wasteful expenditure and to stop differential
General Secretary treatment of various branches / offices / employees.
K. Prakash Rao
Thanking you,
Mob. 96869 22809
Yours sincerely,
Secretary General
(K Prakash Rao)
Kishore E. Kadam
General Secretary
Mob. 98210 66686
CC to: 01) Sri Murali Ramaswami, Executive Director
02) Sri Vikramaditya Singh Khichi, Executive Director
03) General Manager- HR Integration & Strategic HR
(Registered under the Trade Unions Act 1926, Registration no. 29147)
(Affiliated to FBOBOA & AIBOC)
Central Office: G. K. PLAZA, 1st floor, No. 18, Swami Vivekananda Road,
Halasuru, (Opp. Namma Metro Railway pillar no. 132), Bangalore – 560 008
Phone: 080 - 25567537 / 080 – 25307645, e-mail: [email protected]
Ref. No.: BOBOA:BNGZONE:02:2019 DATE: 21.10.2019.
President
Girish R Patil The General Manager & Zonal Head
Mob. 77608 89633 Bangalore Zone
Bank of Baroda
Vijaya Towers, BANGALORE.
Vice-President Dear Sir,
Vinod Kumar
Mob. 98313 36466 Re: Parking facilities to executives, Staff and Customers
G Sridevi at Vijaya Towers, Bangalore.
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We refer to your Inter-Office Memo having reference No. SD/ F&S / 225/2019,
dated 16.10.2019.
General Secretary
Naresh B Shetty We are very much surprised and taken aback to note the contents of the Inter-
Mob. 98450 43222 Office Memo, wherein it is mentioned that the parking facility provided for parking
of Four Wheelers (Car’s) is only for executives and not for other staff members
working at Vijaya Towers.
Dy.General Secretary Sir, we hereby submit that, it is a Clear Discrimination amongst the Staff of
Kathiravan N
Bangalore Zone and more in particular the staff working at Vijaya Towers.
Mob. 86087 04768
M T Marathe Officers and Staff Members are supposed to reach office in time i.e. before 9.00 AM
Mob. 99789 01544 in the morning, for which they need to leave their residence by 7.30 -7.45 AM early
in the morning, and they usually reach back home at around 9.00 PM, as they leave
office only after 7.30 – 8.00 PM.
Asst. Gen. Secretary
Avijit Kumar Das As such, to reach office in time and to reach home at the earliest after leaving
Mob. 87479 87478 office, the Officers and Staff members in order to save time use their own Four /
Ankur Kumar Two Wheelers to office. It has been the practice that a few of them prefer a four
Mob. 93040 06461 wheeler which can be used by 2 to 4 staff on pooling basis.
Sir, we also would like to mention that Vijay Towers earlier used to the Head Office
of E-Vijaya Bank, wherein the strength of the Staff working there was much more
Treasurer than the present strength of staff working at Vijay Towers, and moreover at E-
Retheesh Kumar R Vijaya Bank Officers of Scale V and above were provided with the Bank’s Car. Being
Mob. 90362 77144 the Head Office of the e Vijaya Bank, many more high profile Customers used to
visit Vijaya Towers. Never was there any communication sent by E-Vijaya Bank to
the Officers and Staff working at Vijaya Towers with regard to the parking
Asst. Treasurer facilities, and all the staff were permitted to park their respective vehicles in the
Hemantha Kumar B S premises of Vijaya Towers.
Mob. 95901 4830
Sir, with the present reduced staff strength working at Vijaya Towers and the
reduced number of Four and Two Wheelers being parked by the Officers
Admin. Secretary
Anjni Kumar
Mob. 70005 63194
(Registered under the Trade Unions Act 1926, Registration no. 29147)
(Affiliated to FBOBOA & AIBOC)
Central Office: G. K. PLAZA, 1st floor, No. 18, Swami Vivekananda Road,
Halasuru, (Opp. Namma Metro Railway pillar no. 132), Bangalore – 560 008
Phone: 080 - 25567537 / 080 – 25307645, e-mail: [email protected]
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President and Staff working at Vijaya Towers, it is really VERY PAINFULL to note and bring
Girish R Patil to your kind notice that, THE MANAGEMENT IS ONLY TRYING TO
Mob. 77608 89633 DISCRIMINATE THE OFFICERS AND STAFF AS PER THEIR RESPECTIVE
SCALES, which is very much against the ethics of any management to
have any kind of discrimination amongst their employees.
Vice-President
Further,
Vinod Kumar We would like to bring to your kind notice that thanks to the vision of Late
Mob. 98313 36466 Sunderram Shetty, Vijaya Towers boast of ample parking space which is
lacking in other Banks like Canara Bank Head Office / Syndicate Bank
G Sridevi Corporate Office in Bangalore. It is painful to bring to your notice that such a
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far reaching decision is taken without discussion with the recognised trade
unions like us.
Sir,
General Secretary We therefore, request you to have a relook into the Inter-Office Memo issued
Naresh B Shetty on 16.10.2019, and allow all the Officers and Staff working at Vijaya Towers to
Mob. 98450 43222 bring their respective vehicles to office and park the same without any
discrimination. Needless to say that the shortage of parking space is not due to
the cars of employees / officers, but unchecked use of the slot by vendors &
unconnected persons – had the Management called us for discussion, we
Dy.General Secretary
Kathiravan N would have suggested the means to tackle the problem.
Mob. 86087 04768
We here would like to Quote the famous Quote of James Frey, which says,
M T Marathe
“LIVE AND LET LIVE”, which conveys the message of importance of
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individuality of every person which needs to be respected above everything
else. It also emphasizes on the liberty of an individual which is important as
long as you are not infringing on anyone elses liberty. In short, it is the recipe
Asst. Gen. Secretary for perfect peace which can exist only by respecting even those views which
Avijit Kumar Das maybe contrary to yours.
Mob. 87479 87478
Ankur Kumar In view of the above, we request your goodselves to suitably instruct the
Mob. 93040 06461 Security Department accordingly and amend /withdraw the Inter-Office Memo
having reference No. SD/F&S/225/2019, dated 16.10.2019.
Hoping for a favourable and justified decision from your end and your kind
Treasurer office.
Retheesh Kumar R
Mob. 90362 77144
Thanking you,
Asst. Treasurer
Hemantha Kumar B S
Mob. 95901Regards,
4830
Narsh B Shetty Girish R Patil
General Secretary President
Admin. Secretary
Anjni Kumar
Mob. 70005 63194
BANK OF BARODA OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION – Chandigarh Zone
Registered under the Trade Unions Act 1926,
Registration No.29147
(Affiliated to FBOBOA & AIBOC)
Reference No.:03/2019 Date: 28.10.2019
To,
The Zonal Head
Bank of Baroda
Chandigarh Zonal Office
Dear Sir,
Subject: Unregulated, unwarranted & untimely transfers and Misbehaviour by Regional
Management
We draw your attention to a WhatsApp message which has gone widely viral that portrays the humiliation
of a lady official meted out by the Deputy Regional Manager & HRM Head of Ludhiana region of our Bank.
Similar incident was also reported in Chandigarh Region. We strongly feel that such instances have
become extremely common in our zone and more particularly in Ludhiana & Chandigarh Regions. You
would surely agree that any autocratic decision resulting in depriving an employee from its legitimate
right is a violation of human dignity, official decorum, decency, principles of reasonability and justice.
While the employees face punitive action whenever there is an instance of ‘misbehaviour’ with customers
as per the ‘Zero Tolerance’ guidelines, such castigatory measures are never initiated for the instances of
misbehaviours by the superiors. Questioning the very right of natural justice without giving any
opportunity to hear the employee is a blatant testimony of how executives are using their position to
terrorize the junior officials.
Accessibility is one the most important things that staff members want to see from their regional
management. Any staff turns to RM/DRM/HRM Head as a last resort, but whom they should approach if
their complaints falls on deaf ears and in case, they are not allowed even to meet the RM/DRM/HRM
Head? Any leader is supposed to be a good listener first. Any regional management should instil the
feeling that “employees are welcome to discuss their psychological needs”. However, Ludhiana and
Chandigarh are exceptions, forget about having an understanding that each staff come to work with their
own strengths and weaknesses, their own joys and deep concerns, they are questioning the staff “how
dare you come to regional office without seeking permission?”. We condemn the anti-employee approach
of the regional management and hope that bank management will understand that the employees need
psychological support, motivation and inspiration to contribute to the growth and development of the
organisation. As a responsible Trade Union, we have been supporting the Management in all constructive
things by way of fruitful negotiations on many issues including transfers which always ended with win-
win scenario for both the Management & the Officers. However, at few instances aforesaid regions are
not even courteous to give time to association in order to discuss the problem faced by the staffs. RM
Chandigarh did not even meet us, though we waited for hours together one day.
Needless to say, that the much talked about idea of fostering of ‘Work-Life Balance’ in the banking
industry by the top managements of the Banks is a sham. Mid academic transfers, a few of them to
faraway places, with instructions to report immediately, reveals that “on instructions of certain errant
Zonal Unit Office: Plot No.132, MC Housing Colony, Loharu Road, Near LIC Office, Charkhi
Dadri, Haryana -127306
executives such anti-employee practices are being followed rampantly”. Transfer orders are being issued
disturbing considerable number of officers without any rationale and without looking at inconveniences
caused to the officers and their families. Unregulated, unwarranted & untimely transfers, cause
disappointment among the field functionaries, who have been tirelessly working with utmost sincerity,
dedication and integrity while in difficult terrains amidst a plethora of constraints.
We, the Bank of Baroda Officers' Association (BOBOA) - Chandigarh Zone affiliates of Federation of Bank
of Baroda Officers'' Associations and All India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC), the apex body of
the bank officers’ trade union movement in the country having membership of around 3.2 lakh officers,
expresses its outright opposition to the unregulated/ unwarranted/ untimely transfers and condemn the
misbehaviour of the managements of Chandigarh and Ludhiana regions. Further we earnestly request
you to urge the regional managements of our zone to stop all such offensive practices and instruct them
to initiate strong demonstrative action against the executives/officials who have been launching
derogatory and disgraceful assaults on the junior officials for reasons best known to them. We also
request you to take cognizance of the hurt feelings of the affected families and instruct Regional
Management of our zone to take the required corrective measures by way of review of transfers effected
and cancellation of the unreasonable / unjustified orders. If transfer remains the only option then please
keep it on hold till General Transfers.
We pray for your quick intervention to prevent this issue from snowballing into a major IR issue in the
Regions/Zone and for an early appointment to discuss the matter with you in detail.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
Sd/-
(Dev Vart)
Zonal Secretary
Mob- 8168444500
CC: 1) GM, HRM, Baroda,
2) Regional Head, Bank of Baroda Chandigarh,
3) Regional Head, Bank of Baroda Jalandhar,
4) Regional Head, Bank of Baroda Karnal,
5) Regional Head, Bank of Baroda Ludhiana,
6) General Secretary, FBOBOA,
7) AIBOC State Secretary Chandigarh & Punjab
8) AIBOC State Secretary Haryana
Zonal Unit Office: Plot No.132, MC Housing Colony, Loharu Road, Near LIC Office, Charkhi
Dadri, Haryana -127306
