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DEFINITIONS :
APPLICATION (Rule-3) :
These rules shall apply to every railway employee but shall not apply to –
1. Any member of the all India services.
2. Any member of RPF.
3. Any person for whom special provision is made.
4. Any person in casual employment.
The authority competent under these rules to impose the penalty as per schedule-I, II
& III of D&A Rules as amended from time to time.
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Note :
An employee under suspension is not required to attend his work but he
cannot leave his HQr. Without prior written permission of the competent authority.
His where about must be fully known to the officer Incharge so that any
communication can be made with him, if required. During the period of suspension
a directive to employee to attend office and mark attendance in the office daily
during working hrs. is illegal. One should remember that the very purpose of
suspending an employee is to keep him away from the official premises and deprive
him of his official powers.
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1.Subsistence Allowance
2.Review of subsistence Allowances ( 1st only after 3 months)
3.D.A. on subsistence Allowances
6.Half the number of passes/ PTOs in cases of gazetted officers and one in case of
non-gazetted in a calendar year. If this has already been availed of, no further
passes/ PTOs should be issued.
7.P.L.B. (Productivity Linked Bonus) payable after revocation of suspension and
resumption to duty.
8.T.A. in cases where he has to attend DAR inquiry beyond 8 kms. from his head
quarters.
9.A suspended employee can also be considered for confirmation and promotion
but will not be promoted during the period of suspension. In such cases the
sealed cover procedure should be resorted to.
10. He can be allowed to leave headquarters at the discretion of the Disciplinary
authority subject to the condition he asked for the same in writing.
SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE
A subsistence allowance at an amount equal to the leave salary on half average pay
on half pay and in addition Dearness allowances on the basis of such leave salary. The
first review is to be conducted after 3 months and then the amount of
SUBSISTENCE allowances may be increased or decreased by an amount not
exceeding 50% of the subsistence allowances admissible during the period of the first
3 months. This is depending upon the discretion of the disciplinary authority taking
into consideration as to whether the suspended employee has been co-operating or not
for early finalization of the case. It is, therefore, obligatory for the competent
authority to review each case in which the period of suspension is likely to exceeds 3
months and specific orders are to be passed placing on record the circumstance under
which the decision had been taken. There is no bar to make further review/ reviews
after the first review as such can be made any time after the first review. The rate of
dearness allowances will be based on the revised rate of subsistence allowances.
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Compulsory Deductions.
1. House rent and allied charges.
2. Income Tax and Super Tax.
3. Monthly contribution towards group insurance scheme.
4. Station debits, stores debits, etc.
5. Diet charges and fees payable to medical officers on contract system.
6. Excluding P.F. advance, repayment of all other advances and loans
availed.
Besides the above the other deduction that can be made with the written consent
of the suspended employee are…
Optional Deductions.
Non deductible:
At no cost should the following deductions be made from the Substance Allowances.
i.Provident fund subscription.
ii.Fines imposed on the Railway servant
iii.Amount due on court attachments.
iv.Penal deductions on account of loss to Government for which the Railway servant
is held responsible.
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PENALTIES (Rule 6)
MINOR PENALTIES:
I. Censure
II. With holding of his promotion for a specified period.
III. Recovery from his payoff the whole or part of any primary loss caused by him
to the Govt. or Railway Administration by negligence or breach or orders.
III(a) With holding of the Privilege Passes or Privilege Ticket orders or both
III(b) Reduction to a lower stage in the time scale of pay by one stage for a period not
exceeding three years., without commutative effect and not adversely affecting
his pension.
IV. With holding of increments of pay for a specified period with further directions
as to whether on expiry of such period this will or will not have the effect of
postponding the future increments of his pay.
PENALTIES (Rule-6) :
MAJOR PENALTIES :
V. Reduction to lower stage in the time scale of pay for a specified period with
further directions as to whether on the expiry of such period, the reduction will
or will not have the effect of postponing the further increment of his pay.
VI. Reduction to a lower time scale of pay, grade, post or service, with or without
further direction regarding conditions of restoration to the grade or post or
service from which he was reduced and his seniority and pay on such restoration
to that grade, post or service.
VII. Compulsory retirement.
VIII. Removal from service.
IX. Dismissal from service-which shall ordinarily be a disqualification for
employment under the Government.
In case of collisions of railway train one of the penalties specified in clauses
VIII & IX shall be imposed.
In case of passing railway signal at danger one of the penalties specified in
clause V to IX shall ordinarily imposed.
If no such penalty is to be imposed, the reasons there of shall be recorded in
writing.
THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT PENALTIES :- With in the meaning of this rule.
1. With holding of increment failure to pass any Deptt. Examination.
2. E. B. test.
3. Not found suitable/not selected.
4. Reversion-due to not found suitable.
5. Failed in probation period.
6. Replacement of services of railway servant who was on deputation.
7. Retirement under Review FR-56.
8. Reduction of establishment.
9. For in efficiency due to failure to conform to the requisite standard of physical
fitness.
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The disciplinary Authority shall frame definite charges on standard form no. 5
and deliver to the Railway servant , a copy of article of charges, as statement of
allegations. A statement of all relevant facts and list of documents by which and
list of witness by whom the charges are proposed to be proved. While framing the
charges name & designation of delinquent employee station/office, date & time of
occurrence and the conduct rule for violation of which the allegation are made
must be specifically mentioned in the charge sheet.
The delinquent employee must submit his written statement of defence within a
period of 10 days from the date of receipt of SF5.
The Railway Servant shall for the purpose of preparing his defence be permitted
to inspect and take note from the documents as he may specify, but such
permission may be denied by the competent Authority on the ground
Not relevant to the case.
Against the public interest.
In such cases the disciplinary Authority shall record the reason in the written and
shall deliver to the delinquent employee on SF6.
Order of Inquires
The disciplinary Authority may itself inquire into the case or may appoint an
inquiry officer or a Board of Inquiry. The appointment of Inquiry Authority is
done on SF7. Inquiry Authority must be one grade higher than the delinquent
employee.
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The disciplinary Authority may when consider necessary nominate any Railway
Servant as presenting officer, to present the case in support of charges before the
Inquiry Authority. The presenting officer is mainly appointed in complicated
cases where the employees of different departments are involved (common
proceeding) or in serious vigilance cases. Nomination of Presenting Officer is
done on SF8.
The delinquent employee is also given the facility to present his case with the
Assistance of another Railway Servant (known as ARE) of the same zonal
Railway. ARE may be a Retired Railway employee or an Office bearer of
Railway trade union, but ARE should not be a professional Lawyer,
8. Inquiry
Preliminary Inquiry
Examination in Chief (main Inquiry )
Preliminary Inquiry .
The Inquiry officer should put up the following five questions to the charged
employee which should be answered by the charged employee and not by his
defence Council.
If the charged employee gives the reply of all the above five questions in
affirmation then disciplinary Authority will proceed for main Inquiry otherwise he
will provide the required Assistance to the charged employee
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The Inquiry officer will called witnesses for examination and cross-examination
one by one.
Examination of witness is done by the Inquiry officer/ presenting officer and after
the examination, cross-examination is done by the delinquent employee or ARE.
When the cross-examination is over, if the Inquiry Officer/ presenting officer
wants to reexamine the witness then after reexamination of the witness the
delinquent employee / ARE must be given opportunity to re-cross examine the
witness, when the examination and cross examination of all the witnesses is over
the delinquent employee must be asked to produced his defence witnesses.
Defence witnesses will be examined by the delinquent employee or his ARE and
cross-examined by the Inquiry Officer/ presenting Officer. During the course of
Inquiry all relied upon documents shall be exhibited. After exhibiting all the
relied upon documents the delinquent employee/ ARE should asked to produced
his defence documents if he has any.
The Inquiry officer should particularly being to the notice of the charged
employee of the evidence that have gone against the charged employee during the
course of Inquiry and whether he has any thing to say against it. At the end of the
Inquiry, the Inquiry officer should provide an opportunity to the charged
employee to submit a defence, which may be oral or written. He can also be given
a 10 days time for submission in case he wishes to give in writing. On receipt of
delinquent employee defence the Inquiry should bear in mind that he has no
Authority to suggest the gravity of offence or penalty to be impose.
The Inquiry officer will submit his Inquiry report and finding to disciplinary
Authority in Two copies.
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The penalty imposed upon the delinquent employee shall be communicated to him
on standard form along with a copy of the speaking order. Employee shall also be
advised the period within which the appeal lies and to whom the appeal lies.
APPEALS
ORDERS AGAINST NO APPEAL LIES (Rule-17) :
1. Any order made by president.
2. Any order of an interlocutory nature.
3. Any order passed by I.O. in the course of an inquiry.
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appellate authority only for conducting suo-moto revision. The time limits laid down
in Rule 25 (5) also apply in cases of revision done by the appellate authorities.
The revising authority has to be higher in rank than the appellate authority where
i. an appeal has been preferred or
ii. where the time limit prescribed for revision to be made by the Appellate Authority
as laid down in Rule 25 (5) or RS (D&A) Rules has expired.
The above stipulation does not apply to the revision made by president.
REVIEW (Rule-25 A) :
The president may at any time either is own motion or otherwise review any order
passed under these rules-
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