IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12185 of 2002 PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION Versus THE PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK & ORS ----------- 5 5.5.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the Punjab National Bank. In ordinary course, whether a Punjab National Bank will recognize one officer association or ten officer associations can only be adjudicated if there is a statute covering the concept of officer association at par with the trade unions under Trade Union Act. There being no such provision for officer association, the plea of discrimination being raised by the petitioner association would be of no avail. The officers of the Bank in case they want to combine together, no one will stop them but at the same time, this will not give them statutory status which they otherwise do not have. That being so, this application, being wholly misconceived, is hereby dismissed. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)