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A CHENNAI BASED BANK HAS NOT SANCTIONED VRS 2000 OFFICERS OF EDP/CPPD STATING THAT THEY WERE GIVEN 'SPECIALIZED TRANING'. THE BANK TREATS SHORT TERM TRAINING COURSES OF ONE WEEK TO TWO WEEK DURATION GIVEN BY OUTSIDE INSITUTIONS FOR TOTAL COST OF RS. 10000 TO RS. 20000 AS 'SPECIALIZED TRAINING'. THE CHENNAI BASED BANK TILL VRS 2000 SCHEME WAS ANNOUNCED NEVER TOOK ANY COGNIZANCE OF THESE TRAININGS IN AS MUCH AS IT USED TO SEND OUT UNCERMONIOUSLY THESE 'TRAINED' EDP OFFICERS AFTER OR EVEN BEFORE 5 YEARS OF THEIR EDP SERVICE TO RURAL/SEMI URBAN BRANCHES AS ORDINARY DESK OFFICERS AND TO POST SOME OTHER AS SYSTEM MANAGERS (90% OF WHOM CONSTITUTE NON EDP OFFICERS) WHILE EDP/CPPD OFFICERS ARE NOT DESIGNATED AS SPECIALISTS, WHETHER IS IS CONSTITUTIONALLY VALID TO DENY THESE SCALE I AND II EDP OFFICERS VRS 2000 EXGRATIA BENEFIT OF RS. 8 LACS JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE GIVEN OUTSIDE TRAINING WORTH RS. 10000 TO RS. 20000 THAT TOO WHEN THE BANK GRANTS RS. 8 LACS TO RS. 12 LACS VRS BENEFIT TO WELL EXPERIENCED OFFICERS.
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