Departmental proceedings against Government servants-Procedure

 The D.O.PT. has issued office Memorandum dated 15 th May 2012 reiterating its earlier instructions that while  refering the case to U.P.S.C. for consultation the disciplinary authorities should not express any opininion / recommendation as regards the penalty to be imposed.proposed and recommending such punishment is not keeping with the provisions in the proviso to Rule 15 (3) and 15 (4) 0f C.C.S. (C.C.A.) Rules 1965.

 It has also been emphasized in the said memorandum that the inquiry officer should give a seperate finding on every charge shown in the charge sheet and not club the findings for all the charges.


This memorandum is available on this blog under heading " Orders/ Circulars/Notificatins for C. C. S. employees.. Those who are interested can get it downloaded, if necessary.