In the Biennial Conference held at Hyderabad in 1984, Sri. Jeppu Vasantha Rao was elected as General Secretary, Sri M G Pai was elected as the President of the Association. Sri Sudhakar Shetty was re-elected as Deputy General Secretary and Central Liaison Officer. The team had to virtually struggle day in and day out to bring normalcy in industrial relations atmosphere.

In 1986 Biennial Conference held at Bengaluru, Sri N Jagadish was elected as President,  Sri  H  S  Gajanana  Rao  was  elected  as  General  Secretary,  Sri  B Sudhakar  Shetty was  elected  as  Deputy  General  Secretary  &  Central  Liaison Officer. After the Conference, Sri H S Gajanana Rao was promoted to SMG Scale IV but he argued with the Management that as General Secretary of CBOA he cannot move out of Association Head Quarters and he should be retained at Mumbai only. Management did not accept the suggestion and hence, Sri Gajanana Rao declined the promotion to SMG Scale IV and continued as General Secretary of CBOA. Sri M G Pai, who was a member of the Central Negotiating Team was promoted to SMG Scale IV and was posted to Kolkata.

In the year 1988 at the Biennial Conference held at Chennai, Sri N Jagadish was re-elected as President, Sri H S Gajanana Rao as the General Secretary. Sri B Sudhakar  Shetty was  elected  as  Deputy  General  Secretary  &  Central  Liaison Officer.  By  this  time  the  Industrial  Relations  atmosphere  in  the  Bank  had improved and CBOA was in a position to negotiate with the Management and get some benefits to the Officers.

The Biennial Conference was held at Madurai in the month of October 1990. Sri H S Gajanana Rao was elected as President, Sri B Sudhakar Shetty, as General Secretary and Sri P Sanjeeva Rao as Deputy General Secretary and Central Liaison Officer. The Management of Canara Bank agreed to accept the panel of Defence Representatives to take up defence of charge sheeted Officers in any corner of the country by the panel members. Sri H S Gajanana Rao, Sri B Sudhakar Shetty, Sri P Sanjeeva Rao were in the All India Defence Panel and defended many charge sheeted Officers in every nook and corner of India. The members of the defence panel utilised the opportunity of going all over the country to consolidate the Officers under the banner of CBOA.

Biennial Conference was held at Mangaluru in February 1995. Sri M N Sundaram was elected as President, Sri B Sudhakar Shetty, as General Secretary, Sri K B Ballur was elected as Deputy General Secretary & Central Liaison Officer upon retirement of Sri P Sanjeeva Rao.