- (1.) WE have heard Sri B.B. Paul and Sri Anil Kumar Sharma for the petitioner. Sri Y.K. Sinha along with Sri G.P. Srivastava appears for the respondents.
(2.) THE petitioner was appointed as Clerk -cum -Cashier in Etawah Gramin Bank on 8.9.1982. At present, he is working on the post of Senior Clerk -cum -cashier in the Branch Office, Kunaira. The Etawah Gramin Bank was amalgamated with Ballia -Gramin Bank w.e.f. 1.1.2010, and has acquired a joint name as Ballia -Etawah Gramin Bank with its Head Office at Indira Market, Ballia. The Central Bank of India is the sponsor bank of the amalgamated Ballia -Etawah Gramin Bank. The service conditions of the employees and officers of the Ballia -Etawah Gramin Bank were regulated by Regional Rural Banks (Appointment and Promotion of Officers and Other Employees) Rules 1988, made under Section 29 of the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976.
(3.) BY a notification dated 29.7.1998, a new set of rules, namely, the Regional Rural Banks (Appointment and Promotion of Officers and Other Employees) Rules, 1998, were framed, replacing the old Rules of 1988. By a notification dated 13.7.2010, issued by the Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services, New Delhi dated 13.7.2010, the Regional Rural Banks (Appointment and Promotion of Officers and Other Employees) Rules 2010, were framed, by which the officers and employees of the bank have been classified into three categories, namely, Group -A posts to officers; Group -B posts to Office Assistants (multipurpose) and Group -C posts to Office Attendants (multipurpose).;