AIBOC CIRCULAR NO. 60 DATED 09.06.2011

AIBOC issued its circular No. 60 dated 09.06.2011 on the short sightedness of AIBOA. We are reproducing the same here for our readers.

CIRCULAR NO.60                                                            09.06.2011

TO ALL AFFILIATES/MEMBERS:

SHORT SIGHTEDNESS OF AIBOA

You are aware that, AIBOC is fighting tooth and nail against the perception of the IBA and Govt. regarding enrolling of Senior Management Grade Scale IV & V as members of Associations. The expectation of the Government of India that Senior Management Grade Officers should not join Associations in Banks is unconstitutional, as Article 19(c) of the Constitution of India provides Fundamental Rights to each and every citizen of our Country to form a Union/Association. Therefore, any rule, regulation or order to restrict the employees/officers to join a Union/Association, by any authority is null and void. Therefore, in our affiliates, Senior Management Grade Officers are members. Our few affiliates are led by these Senior Management Grade Officers. In few Banks, these Senior Management Grade Officers who are Principal Office Bearers are also nominated as officer-employee Directors on the Bank Boards by Government of India.

Unfortunately, for a shorter gain, AIBOA has suggested to the Management of Bank of Maharashtra, not to count scale IV & V officers as members of Association, at the time of verification of membership in the Bank, to ascertain majority status, for the purpose of nomination of Officer-employee Director on the Board of the Bank.

We are glad that, Bank of Maharashtra Management has not discriminated among membership of the Associations’ on the basis of grade or scale while verifying the strength of the Associations in the Bank for the purpose of nomination on the Bank’s Board, exhibiting a better maturity and respect to the provisions of the Constitution of India. The short sightedness of AIBOA to exclude Senior Management Grade Officers from the membership of the Associations did not yield expected result.

We hope that, AIBOA will keep aside its short sightedness and fall in line with the trade union principle.

With greetings,

Sd/-

(G.D. NADAF)

GENERAL SECRETARY