The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) says an employee’s unauthorised absence from work amounts to “grave misconduct,” according to a case involving a petitioner identified as Animesh Bakuli, a senior assistant at the central bank. The matter concerns allegations related to his attendance and the absence period, which the RBI characterises as not complying with required workplace conduct. The RBI’s position is that the conduct warrants treating the absence as serious misconduct under its disciplinary framework. The petitioner’s claim and the precise procedural history are not detailed in the provided excerpts, but the RBI’s assessment is that the absence is severe enough to qualify for a grave-misconduct classification. The dispute is being treated as a matter requiring adjudication of whether the absence should be regarded under the relevant misconduct standards and what consequences should follow. Based on the available information, all reporting focuses on the RBI’s characterisation of the absence and its impact on the disciplinary evaluation of the employee’s conduct.