CCS CONDUCT RULES 10 TO 13

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.

3911. Communication of Official Information.-

Every Government servant shall, in performance of his duties in good faith, communicate

information to a person in accordance with the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005) and the rules made thereunder :

 

Provided that no Government servant shall, except in accordance with any general or

special order of the Government or in performance in good faith of the duties assigned to him,

communicate, directly or indirectly, any official document or any part thereof or classified

information to any Government servant or any other person to whom he is no authorized to

communicate such document or classified information.

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.

3213. Gifts

(1) Save as provided in these rules, no Government servant shall accept, or permit any member of his family or any other person acting on his behalf to accept, any gift.

 

EXPLANATION.- The expression "gift" shall include free transport, boarding, lodging or other

service or any other pecuniary advantage when provided by any person other than a near relative or personal friend having no official dealings with the Government servant.

 

NOTE (1) - A casual meal, lift or other social hospitality shall not be deemed to be a gift -

NOTE (2) - A Government servant shall avoid accepting lavish hospitality or frequent hospitality

from any individual, industrial or commercial firms, organisations, etc., having official dealings with him.

 

35[(2) On occasions such as weddings, anniversaries, funerals or religious functions, when the

making of gift is in conformity with the prevailing religious and social practice, a Government

servant may accept gifts from his near relatives or from his personal friends having no

official dealings with him, but shall make a report to the Government, if the value of such gift

exceeds;-

(i) 42rupees twenty five thousand in the case of a Government servant holding any

Group 'A' post;

(ii) rupees fifteen thousand in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'B'

post;

(iii) rupees seven thousand five hundred in the case of a Government servant holding

any Group 'C' post; and

(3) In any other case of a Government servant shall not accept any gift without sanction of the

Government if the value thereof exceeds.

(i) rupees one thousand five hundred in the case of a Government servant holding any

Group ‘A’ or Group ‘B’ post; and

(ii) rupees five hundred in the case of a Government servant holding any Group ‘C’ or Group

‘D’ post.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rules (2), and (3) a Government servant, being a

member of the Indian delegation or otherwise, may receive and retain gifts from foreign

dignitaries if the market value of gifts received on one occasion does not exceed rupees one

thousand. In all other cases, the acceptance and retention of such gifts shall be regulated by the

instructions issued by the Government in this regard from time to time.

(5) A Government servant shall not accept any gifts from any foreign firm which is either

contracting with the Government of India or is one with which the Government servant had,

has or is likely to have official dealings. Acceptance of gifts by a Government servant from any

other firm shall be subject to the provisions of sub-rule (3).]

1613-A. Dowry

No Government servant shall-

(i) give or take or abet the giving or taking of dowry; or

(ii) demand directly or indirectly, from the parent or guardian of a bride or bridegroom, as

the case may be, any dowry.

Explanation:- For the purposes of this rule, ‘dowry’ has the same meaning as in the Dowry

Prohibition Act, 1961(28 of 1961).