This notification announces the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Second Amendment Rules, 1978, which modify the existing Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964. The key change concerns the handling of official directions to government servants. The amendment emphasizes that official directions should ordinarily be in writing, and oral directions should be avoided whenever possible. If oral directions are unavoidable, they must be confirmed in writing immediately. Furthermore, a government servant receiving an oral direction is obligated to seek written confirmation as soon as possible, and the superior is then responsible for providing it. The rules apply to persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department and come into effect upon publication in the Official Gazette. The notification is distributed to various government bodies, including the Union Public Service Commission, Central Vigilance Commission, and Ministries.
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No. 11013/12/78-Batt(A)
Government of India/Bharat Sarkar
Ministry of Home Affairs/Grih Mantralaya
Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms
(Karmik Aur Prashamik Sudhar Vibhag)
New Delhi, the 20 Dec., 78
MOTIFICATION
S.O. In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause (B) of article 148 of the Constitution, and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General, in relation to persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, namely:
- (a) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Second Amendment Rules, 1978.
(b) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. -
In the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, for clause (ii) of sub-rule (2) of rule 3, the following shall be substituted namely:
*(ii) No Government servant shall, in the performance of his official duties, or in the exercise of powers conferred on him, act otherwise than in his best judgment except when he is set in writing the direction of his official superior.
(iii) The direction of the official superior shall ordinarily be in writing. Oral direction to subordinates shall be avoided, as far as possible, where the issue of oral direction becomes unavoidable, the official superior shall confirm it in writing immediately thereafter.
(iv) A Government servant who has received oral direction from his official superior shall seek confirmation of the same in writing as early as possible, whereupon it shall be the duty of the official superior to confirm the direction in writing.
(R.C. Gupta)
Deputy Secy. to the Govt. of India
No. 11013/12/78-Batt(A) “New Delhi, the 20 Dec., 78
Copy with a usual number of spare copies forwarded
- All Ministries and Deptts. of the Govt. of India
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Comptroller and Auditor General, of India, New Delhi.3. Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi.
- Central Vigilance Commission, New Delhi.
- Central Bureau of Investigation, New Delhi.
- Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Allahabad.
- All Union Territory Administration.
- All Zonal Councils.
- Lok Sabha Soctt/Rajya Sabha Soctt.
- All attached and subordinate offices of the Deptt. of Personnel and A.R. and the Min. of Home Affairs.
- All sections of the Department of Personnel and A.R. and the Ministry of Home Affairs.
- Members, Staff Sids, National Council, JCM.
- Ministry of Home Affairs with reference to their file No.VI/11020/45(20)/78-Com.Soc.
(1) (R.C. Gupta)
By. Socy. to the Govt. of India