The Odisha Gramya Bank (OGB) Karmachari Sangh and OGB Adhikari Sangh affiliated to the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh welcomed a Supreme Court’s decision on implementing pension system at the Regional Rural Bank (RRB) within three months.
Addressing a Press meet here on Saturday, All India Gramin BankWorkers Organisation general secretary Saroj Kumar Pradhan said thattotal of 86,000 employees and officers of 56 RRBs in India would getpension at par with the nationalised commercial bank after the rulinggiven by the Supreme Court on April 25.
The SC rejected a special leave petition filed by the Governmentagainst the judgment given by the Rajasthan High Court on the pension matter of the Gramin Bank, he added.
It is worth mentioning that the All India Gramin Bank Pensioner Samiti affiliated to the Bharatiya Majdoor Sangh had filed a case at the Rajasthan High Court for equal pension at par with nationalised commercial banks.
Additional Solicitor General Sandeep Sethi was defending the case at SC where as senior advocate RS Hegede was representing on behalf of the workers’ and officers’ organisations.