All should read the Conduct Rules at least one time and so that the complete rules are reproduced for the ready consumption of the viewers of this blog.
4. EMPLOYMENT OF
NEAR RELATIVES OF GOVERNMENT SERVANTS IN COMPANIES OR FIRMS:
(1) No Government servant shall use his position or
influence directly or indirectly to secure employment for anymember of his
family in any company or firm.
(2) (i) No Group ‘A’ officer shall, except with the
previous sanction of the Government, permit his son, daughter or other
dependant, to accept employment in any company or firm with which he has
official dealings or in any other company or firm having official dealings with
the Government:
Provided that where the acceptance of the
employment cannot await prior permission of the Government or is otherwise
considered urgent, the matter shall be reported to the Government; and the
employment may be accepted provisionally subject to the permission of the
Government.
(ii) A Government servant shall, as soon as he
becomes aware of the acceptance by a member of his family of an employment in
any company or firm, intimate such acceptance to the prescribed authority and
shall also intimate whether he has or has had any official dealings with that
company or firm:
Provided that no such intimation shall be necessary
in the case of a Group A officer if he has already obtained the sanction of, or
sent a report to the Government under clause (i).
(3) No Government servant shall in the discharge of
his official duties deal with any matter or give or sanction any contract to
any company or firm or any other person if any member of his family is employed
in that company or firm or under that person or if he or any member of his
family is interested in such matter or contract in any other manner and the
Government servant shall refer every such matter or contract to his official
superior and the matter or contract shall thereafter be disposed of according
to the instructions of the authority to whom the reference is made.
5. TAKING PART IN
POLITICS AND ELECTIONS:
(1) No Government servant shall be a member of, or
be otherwise associated with, any political party or any organisation which
takes part in politics nor shall he take part in, subscribe in aid of, or
assist in any other manner, any political movement or activity.
(2) It shall be the duty of every Government
servant to endeavour to prevent any member of his family from taking part in,
subscribing in aid of, or assisting in any other manner any movement or
activity which is, or tends directly or indirectly to be, subversive of the
Government as by law established and where a Government servant is unable to
prevent a member of his family from taking part in, or subscribing in aid of,
or assisting in any other manner, any such movement or activity, he shall make
a report to that effect to the Government.
(3) If any question arises whether a party is a
political party or whether any organisation takes part in politics or whether
any movement or activity falls within the scope of sub-rule (2), the decision
of the Government thereon shall be final.
(4) No Government servant shall canvass or
otherwise interfere with, or use his influence in connection with or take part
in an election to any legislature or local authority:
Provided that -
(i) a Government servant qualified to vote at such
election may exercise his right to vote, but where he does so, he shall give no
indication of the manner in which he proposes to vote or has voted;
(ii) a Government servant shall not be deemed to
have contravened the provisions of this sub-rule by reason only that he assists
in the conduct of an election in the due performance of a duty imposed on him
by or under any law for the time being in force.
EXPLANATION- The display by a Government servant on
his person, vehicle or residence of any electoral symbol shall amount to using
his influence in connection with an election within the meaning of this
sub-rule.
6. JOINING OF
ASSOCIATIONS BY GOVERNMENT SERVANTS:
No Government servant shall join or continue to be
a member of, an association the objects or activities of which are prejudicial
to the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, or public order or
morality.
7. DEMONSTRATION
AND STRIKES:
No Government servant shall -
(i) engage himself or participate in any
demonstration which is prejudicial to the interests of the sovereignty and
integrity of India, the security of the state, friendly relations with foreign
States, public order, decency or morality, or which involves contempt of court,
defamation or incitement to an offence, or
(ii) resort to or in any way abet any form of
strike or coercion or physical duress in connection with any matter pertaining
to his service or the service of any other Government servant.
8. CONNECTION WITH
PRESS OR OTHER MEDIA:
(1) No Government servant shall, except with the
previous sanction of the Government, own wholly or in part, or conduct or
participate in the editing or management of, any newspaper or other periodical
publication or electronic media.
(2) Nothing in sub-rule (1) shall apply in case a
Government servant in the bonafide discharge of his official duties publishes a
book or participates in a public media.
(3) A Government servant publishing a book or
participating in a public media shall at all times make it clear that the views
expressed by him are his own and not that of Government.
9. CRITICISM OF
GOVERNMENT:
No Government servant shall, in any radio
broadcast, telecast through any electronic media or in any document published
in his own name or anonymously, pseudonymously or in the name of any other
person or in any communication to the press or in any public utterance, make
any statement of fact or opinion -
(i) which has the effect of an adverse criticism of
any current or recent policy or action of the Central Government or a State
Government:
Provided that in the case of any Government servant
included in any category of Government servants specified in the second proviso
to sub-rule(3) of rule 1, nothing contained in this clause shall apply to
bonafide expression of views by him as an office-bearer of a trade union or
association of Government servants for the purpose of safeguarding the
conditions of service of such Government servants or for securing an
improvement thereof; or
(ii) which is capable of embarrassing the relations
between the Central Government and the Government of any State; or
(iii) which is capable of embarrassing the
relations between the Central Government and the Government of any foreign
State;
Provided that nothing in this rule shall apply to
any statements made or views expressed by a Government servant in his official
capacity or in the due performance of the duties assigned to him.
10. EVIDENCE
BEFORE COMMITTEE OR ANY OTHER AUTHORITY:
(1) Save as provided in sub-rule (3), no Government
servant shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government, give
evidence in connection with any enquiry conducted by any person, committee or
authority.
(2) Where any sanction has been accorded under
sub-rule (1), no Government servant giving such evidence shall criticise the
policy or any action of the Central Government or of a State Government.
(3) Nothing in this rule shall apply to-
(a) evidence given at an enquiry before an
authority appointed by the Government, Parliament or a State Legislature; or
(b) evidence given in any judicial enquiry; or
(c) evidence given at any departmental enquiry
ordered by authorities subordinate to the Government.
11. UNAUTHORISED
COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION:
No Government servant shall, except in accordance
with any general or special order of the Government or in the performance in
good faith of the duties assigned to him, communicate, directly or indirectly, any
official document or any part thereof or information to any Government servant
or any other person to whom he is not authorised to communicate such document
or information.
EXPLANATION - Quotation by a Government servant (in
his representation to the Head of Office, or Head of Department or President)
of or from any letter, circular or office memorandum or from the notes on any
file, to which he is not authorised to have access, or which he is not
authorised to keep in his personal custody or for personal purposes, shall
amount to unauthorised communication of information within the meaning of this
rule.
12. SUBSCRIPTIONS:
No Government servant shall, except with the
previous sanction of the Government or of the prescribed authority, ask for or
accept contributions to, or otherwise associate himself with the raising of,
any funds or other collections in cash or in kind in pursuance of any object
whatsoever.
……… To be continued……
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