Union Bank Of India — Malpractices regarding issue of Confirmation Letters at UBI NRO Kolkata

Address:

Kolkata, West Bengal, 700020

To
The Chief Vigilance Officer
Union Bank of India,
Central Office
Mumbai – 400021.

Malpractices regarding issue of Confirmation Letters

Respected Sir,

We seek to draw your kind attention to the plight of recently recruited staff members posted at branches and offices of Kolkata Region of the bank. These newly recruited officers and award staff are denied of their due confirmation orders even after successfully completing their respective probation periods.

It is sad to mention that this confirmation exercise has become a source of illicit practices at the bank’s Kolkata Regional Office. Individuals like Sri Manoranjan Das, posted at the concerned department of NRO Kolkata, are bargaining with newly recruited officers and staff and their families for handover of confirmation orders/memorandum. Repeatedly raising the issue to the present Regional Head, Shri Chittaranjan Patra has been of no respite. Perhaps concern for recently recruited staff members is farthest in the mind of the present Regional Head at Kolkata, even though he is the competent authority for release of confirmation orders.

Such is the deplorable condition, that even officials and staff posted in Regional Office itself, have not received their due confirmation orders/memorandum!! Now fate of branch functionaries are can be easily presumed.

As a cover up for all these malpractices and under pressure from bank’s central office at Mumbai, Sri Manoranjan Das has very cleverly marked “confirmed” for these staff-members, at bank’s HR portal Union Parivaar. But without physical confirmation letter/memorandum in hand these staff are put to various inconveniences both inside and outside the bank. For e.g. they cannot avail any personal loan or other advances from any other financial institutions. Also they are not able to avail bank’s various facilities upon transfer to other regions from Kolkata. So justification behind this deceiving strategy taken by NRO Kolkata is not amply clear.

Can you please enquire why Union Bank of India’s Regional Office at Kolkata is unable and reluctant to issue simple confirmation letters to its own employees, which are given by all other banks with ease and efficiency in a timely manner? If this is the plight of bank’s own employees what can customers expect from this bank? Is this not a vital reason why bank’s customers at Kolkata have diverted huge funds from Union Bank of India to other public sector banks? If these deficiencies of services continue how can the bank expect to retain good employees and customers?

We would request you to kindly contact the said Regional Office and guide and train the concerned personnel with required support so that this harassment of newly recruited staff-members stops forth with. Transparency in the recruitment and confirmation process is sought after.

Please instruct the concerned regional office accordingly so that newly recruited staff-members are not harassed for so many months for receipt of their due confirmation memorandum/order.

With Regards,
S. Biswas
Union Bank of India
East Zone, Kolkata

Dt: 19-Sept-2016

Copy To:-

1. The Governor, Reserve Bank of India
2. The Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission, New Delhi
3. The Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India
4. The Chairman & MD, Union Bank of India