Needed advise - Can I move out without getting releasing letter after my 90-day notice period is completed?

Hi Seniors,

Kindly advise me. Currently, I am serving a 90-day notice period in my current bank, with hardly 5 days left. However, the current private bank's HR is not releasing me in the name of an inquiry and charge sheet. This situation is affecting me mentally. Could you please guide me on whether I can move out without receiving a release letter after my 90-day notice period is completed?

Hi,

Leaving a bank without a relieving letter after serving a 90-day notice period is not a wise decision.

What are the charges levied against you and whether you had replied to the charge sheet?

Leaving without information or without facing the inquiry will strengthen the charges against you. So, it is better to face the inquiry and present your arguments in your favor.

Dear Vishal,

I think that you are more concerned about your relieving on the expiry of your notice period now stands short by 5 days.

At the same time, your post is also conspicuously silent about the following:
1) Whether your resignation was already accepted by the Bank or not so as to prompt you to presume that you are on the notice period?
2) When the charge sheet was served on you - before or after the submission of your resignation?

When the charges are already pending at whatever stage, no employer would accept the resignation of such a delinquent employee. Therefore, I would also suggest you not to walk out on your own after the expiration of 90 days. It is likely to escalate the situation to abscondence, setting you ex parte and dismissal so as to affect your future career.

The posting suggests that the employer has declined to accept the resignation because of the pending disciplinary proceedings. As such, it cannot be that you are serving the notice period.

Taking a cue from Ms. Rutuja Latke's case in Mumbai, an employer cannot hold a resignation beyond the notice period. The employer can, at most, withhold the final dues until the inquiry is over.

Vibhakar Ramtirthkar.