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CCS - CONDUCT RULES 1964
33. What instruction have been laid down to
regulate the display of posters and other notices by Government servants /
Unions / Associations in Government Offices?
The facility for display of notices in
office premises should be granted to recognized associations/trade unions by
the competent authorities. The notices should be of non-controversial nature.
Notices other than those of specified types should be submitted for prior
approval of the competent authority. The posters/notices which can be displayed
should relate to the following matters:
1. The date, time, place and purpose of
a meeting.
2. Statements of accounts of income and
expenditure of the Unions/ Associations,
3. Announcements regarding holding of
elections excluding canvassing there for and result thereof.
4. Reminders to the membership of the
Associations/Unions in a general way about the dues outstanding against them.
5. Announcements relating to matters of
general interest to the members of Associations/Unions provided
(a) they are not in the nature of
criticism;
(b) they are not subversive of
discipline;
(c) they do not contain objectionable
or offensive language; and
(d) they do not contain attacks on
individuals, directly or indirectly.
The facilities provided to recognized
associations/ unions are not extended to individual Government servants or
their associations/unions. They have no right to display posters or other
notices on the walls, doors, etc., of the office premises. Government servants
violating these instructions are liable for appropriate action.
Action for alleged violation of rule 6
can be taken by a disciplinary authority only when an authority not below
the level of a head of the department has decided that the objects or
activities of the association concerned are such as would attract rule 6 ibid.
(G. I.D. (1) Rule 6)
34. Whether the C. C. S. (Conduct) Rules, 1964,
prohibits a Government servant from participating in demonstrations and
strikes?
A Government servant should not 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.
He should not 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.
Prominent participants in a "Ghero" render themselves liable for disciplinary action for contravention Rules 7 of the Conduct Rules
(Rule 7 and G. I. D. (2) and (3))
35. What acts of Government employees
constitute a 'strike' under the Conduct Rules, 1964?
The following are certain acts of
Government employees which are covered under the definition of 'strike' under
the C. C. S. (Conduct) Rules, 1964:
1. Refusal to work or stoppage or
slowing down of work by a group of employees acting in combination.
2. Mass abstention from work without
permission (Which is wrongly described as 'mass casual leave')
3. Refusal to work overtime where such
overtime work is necessary in the public interest.
4. Resort to practices or conduct which
is likely or result in the cessation or substantial retardation of work in any
organization. Such practices include 'go slow', 'sit-down', 'pen-down',
'stay-in', 'token', 'sympathetic' or any other similar strike. It also includes
absence from work for participation in a Bandh or any similar movements.
(G. I. D. (2) Rule 7)
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