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Date: 2018-12-21 Category: Extra Ordinary State: Union Government Country: India

Whereas the Central Government, after consultation with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

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Executive Summary: This notification, issued by the Ministry of Finance, details the amalgamation of Punjab Gramin Bank, Malwa Gramin Bank, and Sutlej Gramin Bank into a single Regional Rural Bank, effective January 1, 2019. The amalgamated entity will be named Punjab Gramin Bank, sponsored by Punjab National Bank, and will operate with specified capital and area of operation. The notification outlines the transfer of assets, liabilities, and employees to the transferee bank. Key Points / Main Content: Amalgamation Details: * Punjab Gramin Bank, Malwa Gramin Bank, and Sutlej Gramin Bank are amalgamated into a single entity named Punjab Gramin Bank. * The amalgamation is effective from January 1, 2019. * Punjab Gramin Bank will be sponsored by Punjab National Bank with its head office at Kapurthala. Capital Structure: * The authorized capital of the transferee Regional Rural Bank shall be two thousand crore. * The subscribed share capital of the transferee Regional Rural Bank will equal the total subscribed capital of the transferor banks. * Share capital is divided among the Central Government, State Government, and Sponsor Bank. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities: * The transferor banks cease operations, except for implementing amalgamation provisions. * All assets, rights, liabilities, and obligations of the transferor banks are transferred to the transferee bank. * Existing contracts, agreements, and legal proceedings involving the transferor banks will continue with the transferee bank. Accounts and Deposits: * The transferee bank will open corresponding accounts for all depositors of the transferor banks, crediting the full amount including interest. * The transferee bank may withhold credit for a period not exceeding three months from the effective date of amalgamation if there is a reasonable doubt about the correctness of the entries made in any particular account. Employees: * Employees of the transferor banks, except those not considered workmen under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, will continue their service in the transferee bank with the same remuneration and service conditions. * The interseseniority of officers and employees, directly recruited or promoted, shall be decided as per the guidelines by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. Area of Operation: * The area of operation of the transferee Regional Rural Bank shall be the combined area of operation of the transferor Regional Rural Banks in all the districts in the State of Punjab. Legal Framework: * The Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976, applies to the transferee bank as if it were established under the Act. Impact Analysis: Transferor Regional Rural Banks (Punjab Gramin Bank, Malwa Gramin Bank, and Sutlej Gramin Bank) * Impact: Cease to operate independently from the effective date of amalgamation, transfer of all assets and liabilities. * Action Required: Cease business operations from January 1, 2019, except for activities related to implementing the amalgamation. Transferee Regional Rural Bank (Punjab Gramin Bank): * Impact: Assumes all assets, liabilities, and operations of the transferor banks; becomes the single Regional Rural Bank for the specified area. * Action Required: Integrate operations, manage transferred assets and liabilities, and ensure continued service to customers. Customers/Depositors: * Impact: Their accounts and deposits will be transferred to the transferee bank; continuity of banking services. * Action Required: No immediate action is required unless notified by the bank. Employees: * Impact: Continuation of employment with the transferee bank, under the same terms and conditions. * Action Required: Continue employment with the transferee bank. Sponsor Banks (Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India, and Punjab Sind Bank): * Impact: Punjab National Bank becomes the sole sponsor bank for the amalgamated entity. * Action Required: Continue sponsorship role for the transferee bank. Central Government, State Government: * Impact: involved in the capital structure. * Action Required: involved in the capital structure.

Key Entities Referenced

Punjab Gramin Bank: One of the Regional Rural Banks being amalgamated and also the name of the transferee Regional Rural Bank. Malwa Gramin Bank: One of the Regional Rural Banks being amalgamated. Sutlej Gramin Bank: One of the Regional Rural Banks being amalgamated. State of Punjab: The state where the Regional Rural Banks are located and operate. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD): An organization consulted by the Central Government regarding the amalgamation. Punjab National Bank: One of the Sponsor Banks of the Regional Rural Banks being amalgamated. State Bank of India: One of the Sponsor Banks of the Regional Rural Banks being amalgamated. Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976: The Act under which the amalgamation of the Regional Rural Banks is authorized.
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अत:, क(cid:14)(cid:15)ीय सरकार अब +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) अिधिनयम, 1976 (1976 का 21) (िजस े इसम(cid:14) इसके प;ात 'अिधिनयम' कहा गया ह)ै क< धारा 23क क< उपधारा (1) 4ारा +द= शि2य3 का +योग करते ?ए उ2 +ादिेशक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) 3 को एकल +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) म (cid:14) समामिे लत करन े का उपबंध करती ह ै जो ऐस े गठन, संपि=, शि2, अिधकार, िहत3, +ािधकार3 और िवशेषािधकार3; तथा ऐसी दये ताA, कत(cid:29)B3 और दाियCव3 जो नीचे िविनDदE(cid:29) ह,(cid:27) के साथ जजजजननननववववररररीीीी,,,, 2222000011119999 ककककाााा पपपपहहहहललललाााा (cid:13)(cid:13)(cid:13)(cid:13)ददददनननन से +भावी होगा (िजसे इसम (cid:14)इसके प;ात 'समामले न क< +भावी तारीख़’ कहा गया ह)ै :- 1. पंजाब राFय म (cid:14) पंजाब नेशनल बक(cid:27) , भारतीय "टेट ब(cid:27)क तथा पंजाब एवं (सधं बक(cid:27) के 4ारा +ायोिजत पंजाब (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क, मालवा (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क और सतलुज (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) (िजस े इसम(cid:14) इसके प;ात अंतरणकता(cid:29) +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क कहा गया ह)ै को एकल +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) पपपपजजंंजजंं ााााबबबब (cid:18)(cid:18)(cid:18)(cid:18)ााााममममीीीीणणणण बबबबकककक(cid:21)(cid:21)(cid:21)(cid:21) म (cid:14)समामिे लत (cid:4)कया जाता ह ै (िजसे इसम (cid:14)इसके प;ात 'अंतGरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) ' कहा गया ह)ै िजसका +धान काया(cid:29)लय ककककपपपपररूूररूू थथथथललललाााा म (cid:14)होगा और इसका +ायोजक ब(cid:27)क पपपपजजंंजजंं ााााबबबब ननननशशेेशशेे ननननलललल बबबबकककक(cid:21)(cid:21)(cid:21)(cid:21) होगा। 2. अंतGरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) क< +ािधकृत पूंजी दो हजार करोड़ Jपए होगी जो +Cयके दस Jपए के पूण (cid:29) चकु ता शेयर3 क< दो सौ करोड़ क< सLं या म (cid:14) िवभािजत होगी। अंतGरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क क< अिभद= शेयर पूंजी अंतरणकता (cid:29) +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क3 क< अिभद= शेयर पूंजी के बराबर होगी तथा इस +कार, अंतरणकता(cid:29) +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) 3 क< स(cid:10)पूण (cid:29) अिभद= शेयर पूंजी ह"तांतGरत मानी जाएगी और अंतGरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क3 क< अिभद= शेयर पूंजी के Nप म(cid:14) मानी जाएगी। 7487 GI/2018 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] 3. अंतGरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) क< स(cid:10)पूण (cid:29)शेयर पूंजी और शेयर पूंजी जमा िनOा(cid:4)ं कत हःै- 1. शेयर पूंजी (क) केQ(cid:15) सरकार बारह करोड़ और अड़सठ लाख Jपए; (ख) राFय सरकार तीन करोड़ और अ"सी लाख Jपए; (ग) +ायोजक बक(cid:27) आठ करोड़ और अRासी लाख Jपए; 2. शेयर पूंजी जमा शूQय 4. समामले न क< +भावी तारीख़ स,े अंतरणकता (cid:29) +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) , जैस े पंजाब (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) , मालवा (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) और सतलुज (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क पर, इस अिधसूचना के अनसु ार समामेलन के उपबंध3 को लागू करने के िलए जो आव/यक होगा, को छोड़कर (cid:4)कQहT भी जमाकताA(cid:29) को (cid:4)कसी +कार का भुगतान करने या उधारकता(cid:29)A को (cid:4)कसी +कार क< दने दारी या बाUयताएं चकु ाने सिहत कारोबार करने पर +ितबंध होगा। 5. समामले न क< +भावी तारीख स े अंतरणकता (cid:29) +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क3 के उपWम, अंतGरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क को अंतGरत हो जाएगं ेऔर उनम(cid:14) िनिहत हो जाएंगे। (क) अंतरणकता (cid:29) +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क3 के उपWम3 म (cid:14) सभी आि"तय3, अिधकार, शि2य3, +ािधकार तथा िवशेषािधकार और सभी चल तथा अचल सपं ि=य3, शेष नकदी, आरि5त िनिधय3, िनवेश और अQय सभी अिधकार तथा ऐसी संपि=य3 पर या उससे +ाX होन े वाला Yयाज, जो इस अिधसचू ना के लागू होने स े तCकाल पवू (cid:29) अंतरणकता (cid:29) +ादेिशक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क3 के "वािमCव, अिधकार, शि2 या िनयं6ण म (cid:14) हो, चाह े वह भारत म(cid:14) हो या बाहर तथा सभी लेखा- बिहया,ं रिज"टर, Gरकाड (cid:29) और उससे संबंिधत सभी +कार के अQय सभी कागजात शािमल ह3गे तथा इसके अंतग(cid:29)त अंतरणकता(cid:29) +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क का उस समय िनवा(cid:29)ह करन ेवाले सभी +कार के उधार3, दये ताA और दाियCव3 को सि(cid:10)मिलत समझा जाएगा; (ख) इस अिधसूचना के लागू होने स े तCकाल पूव (cid:29) िनवा(cid:29)ह करने वाली या +भावी सभी संिवदाए,ं करार बा[ड, समझौत,े गारंGटया ं मुLतारनामा, काननू ी +ितवेदन क< मंजरू ी और (cid:4)कसी भी +कार के अQय िलखत और िजसके िलए अंतरणकता(cid:29) +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क एक प5 ह (cid:27) या जो अंतरणकता(cid:29) +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) 3 के प5 म(cid:14) ह,(cid:27) पूरी 5मता स े अंतGरती से +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क के िवJ\ या प5 म(cid:14) ह3गे और इसे पूरी तरह से तथा +भावी ढंग स े अंतरणकता (cid:29) +ादिे शक(cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) 3 के "थान पर लाग ू (cid:4)कया गया ह,ै अंतGरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क इसका एक प5 रहा है या मानो उQह (cid:14)अतं Gरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) के प5 म(cid:14) जारी (cid:4)कया गया हो; (ग) य(cid:4)द, समामले न क< +भावी तारीख को अतं रणकता (cid:29) +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) 3 के (cid:4)कसी कारोबार के संबंध म (cid:14) (cid:4)कसी भी +कार का वाद, अपील या अQय काय(cid:29)वािहयां अंतरणकता(cid:29) +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क3 4ारा या के िवN\ लि(cid:10)बत ह,ै यह अंतरणकता(cid:29) बक(cid:27) 3 के उपWम3 के अंतरण इस अिधसूचना म (cid:14)(cid:4)दए गए (cid:4)कसी त^ य के कारण उपशमन नहT (cid:4)कया जाएगा या (cid:4)कसी भी +कार स े दरु ा(cid:23)हपूण (cid:29) तरीके से +भािवत नहT होगा, ल(cid:4)े कन वाद, अपील या अQय काय(cid:29)वािहयां अंतGरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) 3 4ारा या के िवN\ जारी रखी जा सक(cid:14)गी, अिभयोजन (cid:4)कया जा सकेगा और लागू (cid:4)कया जा सकेगा; (घ) (cid:4)कसी समझौता, सिं वदा, ह"त ातं रण प6, आ/ वासन, मुLत ारनामा या (cid:4)कसी भी +कार के (cid:4)कसी अQ य कागजात म (cid:14) अंतरणकता(cid:29) +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क3 से (cid:4)कए गए प6ाचार को अंतGरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) स े (cid:4)कया गया प6ाचार माना जाएगा और अंतरणकता (cid:29) ब(cid:27)क3 के अिधकार3 एवं बाU यताA को अतं Gरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) का अिधकार और बाUय ताए ंमाना जाएगा। 6.(क) अंतरणकता(cid:29) बक(cid:27) के +Cय के बचत ब(cid:27)क खाता या चाल ू खाता या साविध जमा, नकदी +माणप6, मािसक जमारािशया,ं मांग या अ(cid:6)प सूचना पर दये जमारािश या (cid:4)कसी भी नाम स े जान े जाने वाली (cid:4)कसी अQ य जमारािशय3 सिहत कोई अQय जमारािश खात े के संबधं म(cid:14) अंतGरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क समामले न क< +भारी तारीख को अपने यहां उसके संबंिधत जमाकताA(cid:29) के नाम स ेतदनNु पी और समान खाता खोलेगा और उसके Y याज क< दये मा6ा सिहत परू ी रािश जमा करेगा:¹Hkkx IIµ[k.M 3(ii)º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 3 परंत,ु जहां (cid:4)क अंतGरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क को (cid:4)कसी खास खात े म (cid:14) क< गई +िविEय3 के सही होने पर पया(cid:29)_त शक हो, यह +ायोजक ब(cid:27)क के अनमु ोदन से समामले न क< +भारी तारीख से तीन महीने से अनिधक क< अविध के िलए उस खात ेम(cid:14) जमा कने क< +(cid:4)Wया को रोक सकता ह ैिजसके भीतर अतं Gरती +ादेिशक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) ऐस ेखात ेम (cid:14) सही शेष रािश सिु नि;त करेगा। (ख) अQय सभी दये ताA के संबंध म,(cid:14) स(cid:10) पि= अतं रण अिधिनयम, 1882 (1882 का 4) या रिज" aीकरण अिधिनयम, 1908 (1908 का 16) म(cid:14) (cid:4)कसी बात के होत े?ए भी यह अिधसूचना अंतरणकता(cid:29) +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) 3 के कारोबार स(cid:10)प ि=, आि"त और दये ताA, अिधकारो, िहतो, शि2य3, िवशषे ािधकार3, लाभ3 और (cid:4)कसी भी +कार के दाियCव 3 इस अिधसूचना के उपबंध3 के अनसु ार अंतGरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क को पया(cid:29)_ त ह" तांतरण होगा। 7.(क) अंतरणकता(cid:29) +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क3 के सभी कम(cid:29)चाGरय3 (औhोिगक िववाद अिधिनयम, 1947 (1947 का 14) के अधीन जो कमक(cid:29) ार न ह3) क< सेवा अतं Gरती +ादेिशक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) 3 म(cid:14) उसी पाGरiिमक और सेवा क< उQ हT शतj पर जारी रहगे ी, यथाि"थित, समामेलन क< +भावी तारीख से तCक ाल पवू (cid:29) िजसके 4ारा वे िनयिं 6त होते थे। (ख) +Cय 5 Nप स े भतk (cid:4)कए गए और/या पदोQ नत (cid:4)कए गए अिधकाGरय3 और कमच(cid:29) ाGरय3 क< पर"प र वGरmता का िनण(cid:29)य रा(cid:18)ीय कृिष और (cid:23)ामीण िवकास बक(cid:27) (नाबाड)(cid:29) 4ारा तारीख़ 25.11.2013 के प6 संLया एनबी.आईडीडी.आरआरसीबीडी/2065/462/(आईएसएस)2013-14 के 4ारा जारी (cid:4)दशािनदशt 3 के अनुसार (cid:4)कया जाएगा। इसके अलावा य(cid:4)द इस संबंध म (cid:14) कोई िववाद उCपu होता ह ै तो इसका िनपटान एक सिमित 4ारा (cid:4)कया जाएगा िजसम (cid:14)रा(cid:18)ीय कृिष और (cid:23)ामीण िवकास बक(cid:27) (नाबाड)(cid:29) और +ायोजक बक(cid:27) के +ितिनिध शािमल ह3ग।े 8. अंतGरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क के पास बक(cid:27) और जनता के िहत म (cid:14) कम(cid:29)चाGरय3 को अतं Gरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) के सम"त पGरचालन 5े6 म (cid:14)कहT भी तनै ात या िनय2ु करन ेका अिधकार ह।ै 9. अंतGरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) के पGरचालन 5े6 म (cid:14) अंतरणकता (cid:29) ब(cid:27)क3, अथा(cid:29)त पंजाब (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क, मालवा (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क और सतलुज (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क के पंजाब राFय के अंतग(cid:29)त आने वाल े सभी िजले +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण बक(cid:27) के पGरचालन 5े6 म(cid:14) शािमल ह3गे। 10. जब तक इस अिधसूचना म (cid:14) "प vट Nप से न (cid:4)दया गया हो, इस अिधिनयम के उपबंध3 का अतं Gरती +ादिे शक (cid:23)ामीण ब(cid:27)क पर ऐसा +भाव होगा मानो उwत अिधिनयम क< धारा 3 क< उपधारा (1) के अतं गत(cid:29) इसे "थ ािपत (cid:4)कया गया हो। [फा. स.ं 7/8/2017-आरआरबी (पंजाब)] सुचीQ(cid:15) िमi, संयु2 सिचव MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Financial Services) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 21st December, 2018 S.O. 6255(E).—Whereas the Central Government, after consultation with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), the Government of Punjab and the Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India and Punjab & Sind Bank, being the Sponsor Banks of Punjab Gramin Bank, Malwa Gramin Bank and Sutlej Gramin Bank, is of the opinion that it is necessary in the public interest and in the interest of the development of the area served by the aforesaid Regional Rural Banks and also in the interest of the said Regional Rural Banks themselves, that the said Regional Rural Banks should be amalgamated into a single Regional Rural Bank; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 23A of the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976 (21 of 1976) (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), the Central Government hereby provides for the amalgamation of the said Regional Rural Banks into a single Regional Rural Bank which shall come into effect on and from the 1st day of January, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as the “effective date of amalgamation”) with such constitution, property, powers, rights, interests, authorities and privileges; and with such liabilities, duties and obligations as specified hereunder:-4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] 1. Punjab Gramin Bank, Malwa Gramin Bank and Sutlej Gramin Bank (hereinafter referred to as “the transferor Regional Rural Banks”) sponsored by the Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India and Punjab & Sind Bank in the State of Punjab are hereby amalgamated into a single Regional Rural Bank which shall be called as Punjab Gramin Bank (hereinafter referred to as “the transferee Regional Rural Bank”) with its head office at Kapurthala under the sponsorship of Punjab National Bank. 2. The authorized capital of the transferee Regional Rural Bank shall be two thousand crore divided into two hundred crore number of fully paid shares of rupees ten each. The subscribed share capital of the transferee Regional Rural Bank shall be equal to the subscribed share capital of transferor Regional Rural Banks and, therefore, the entire subscribed share capital of the transferor Regional Rural Banks shall be deemed to have been transferred to and shall be deemed as subscribed share capital of the transferee Regional Rural Bank. 3. The entire share capital and share capital deposit of the transferee Regional Rural Bank shall be as under:- 1 Share Capital (a) Central Government Rupees twelve crore and sixty eight lakh (b) State Government Rupees three crore and eighty lakh (c) Sponsor Bank Rupees eight crore and eighty eight lakh 2 Share Capital Deposit Nil 4. From the effective date of amalgamation, the transferor Regional Rural Banks viz. Punjab Gramin Bank, Malwa Gramin Bank and Sutlej Gramin Bank shall cease to carry on the business including that of making any payment to any depositors or discharge any liability or obligation to the creditors except to the extent as may be necessary for implementation of the provisions of the amalgamation as per this notification. 5. From the effective date of amalgamation, the undertakings of the transferor Regional Rural Banks shall be transferred to and shall vest in the transferee Regional Rural Bank; (a) The undertakings of the transferor Regional Rural Banks shall include all assets, rights, powers, authorities and privileges and all property movable and immovable, cash balance, reserve funds, investments and all other rights and interest in or arising out of such property, as are immediately before the commencement of this notification, in the ownership, possession, power or control of the transferor Regional Rural Banks whether within or outside India and all books of accounts, registers, records and all other documents of whatever nature relating thereto and shall also be deemed to include all borrowings, liabilities and obligations of whatever kind then subsisting of the transferor Regional Rural Banks; (b) All contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements, guarantees, powers of attorney, grants of legal representation and other instruments of whatsoever nature subsisting or having effect immediately before the commencement of this notification and to which the transferor Regional Rural Banks are a party or which are in favour of the transferor Regional Rural Banks shall be in full force and effect against or in favour of the transferee Regional Rural Bank and may be enforced or acted upon as fully and effectively as if in the place of the transferor Regional Rural Banks, the transferee Regional Rural Bank has been a party thereto or as if they had been issued in favour of the transferee Regional Rural Bank; (c) If, on the effective date of amalgamation, any suit, appeal or other proceedings of whatsoever nature in relation to any business of the transferor Regional Rural Banks are pending by, or against to, the transferor Regional Rural Banks, the same shall not abate, be discontinued or be, in any way, prejudicially affected by reason of the transfer of the undertaking of the transferor Regional Rural Banks or of anything contained in this notification but the suit, appeal or other proceedings may be continued, prosecuted and enforced by, or against, the transferee Regional Rural Bank; (d) Any reference to the transferor Regional Rural Banks in any agreement, contract, conveyance, assurance, power of attorney or any other document of whatsoever nature shall be deemed to be a reference to the transferee Regional Rural Bank and the rights and obligations of the transferor Regional Rural Banks shall be deemed to be the rights and obligations of the transferee Regional Rural Bank.¹Hkkx IIµ[k.M 3(ii)º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 5 6. (a) In respect of every savings banks account or current account or any other deposit account including a fixed deposit, cash certificate, monthly deposit, deposit payable at call or short notice or any other deposits by whatever name called with the transferor Regional Rural Bank, the transferee Regional Rural Bank shall open with itself on the effective date of amalgamation a corresponding and similar account in the name of the respective holder(s) thereof crediting thereto full amount including interest to the extent payable: Provided that where the transferee Regional Rural Bank entertains a reasonable doubt about the correctness of the entries made in any particular account, it may with the approval of the Sponsor Bank withhold the credit to be made in that account for a period not exceeding three months from the effective date of amalgamation within which the transferee Regional Rural Bank shall ascertain the correct balance in such account. (b) In respect of every other liability, notwithstanding anything contained in the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (4 of 1882) or the Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), this notification shall be sufficient conveyance, in accordance with the provisions of this notification, of the business, properties, assets and liabilities, rights, interests, powers, privileges, benefits and obligations of whatever nature of the transferor Regional Rural Banks to the transferee Regional Rural Bank. 7. (a) The service of all the employees of the transferor Regional Rural Banks (excepting such of them as not being workmen within the meaning of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 [14 of 1947]) shall continue in the transferee Regional Rural Bank at the same remuneration and on the same terms and conditions of service, or, as the case may be, by which they were governed immediately before the effective date of amalgamation. (b) The inter-se-seniority of officers and employees, directly recruited or promoted, shall be decided as per the guidelines by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development issued vide letter number NB.IDD.RRCBD/ 2065/462/(ISS)2013-14 dated 25.11.2013. Further, if any issue arises in this regard, the same shall be decided by a Committee comprising representatives of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development and Sponsor Bank. 8. The transferee Regional Rural Bank shall have the power to post or appoint the employees in the interest of the bank and the public as a whole anywhere in the entire area of operation of the transferee Regional Rural Bank. 9. The area of operation of the transferee Regional Rural Bank shall be the combined area of operation of the transferor Regional Rural Banks viz. Punjab Gramin Bank, Malwa Gramin Bank and Sutlej Gramin Bank in all the districts in the State of Punjab. 10. Unless otherwise expressly provided in this notification, the provisions of the Act shall have the same effect on the transferee Regional Rural Bank as if it has been established under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Act. [F. No. 7/8/2017-RRB(Punjab)] SUCHINDRA MISRA, Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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