CCS CONDUCT RULES (RULE 4&5)

4. 17Employment of near relatives of Government servant in Companies or firms-
(1) No Government servant shall use his position or influence directly or indirectly to secure
employment for any member of his family in any 16company or firm;
(2) (i) No Class I Officer shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government, permit his
son, daughter or other dependant, to accept employment in any 16company or firm with
which he has official dealings or in any other 16company or firm having official dealings
with the Government:
Provided that where the acceptance of the employment cannot await prior permission of the
Government or is otherwise considered urgent, the matter shall be reported to the Government;
and the employment may be accepted provisionally subject to the permission of the Government.
(ii) A Government servant shall, as soon as he becomes aware of the acceptance by a member
of his family of an employment in any 16company or firm, intimate such acceptance to the
prescribed authority and shall also intimate whether he has or has had any official
dealings with that 16company or firm:
Provided that no such intimation shall be necessary in the case of a Class I officer if he has already
obtained the sanction of, or sent a report to the Government under clause (i).
(3) No Government servant shall in the discharge of his official duties deal with any matter or
give or sanction any contract to any 16company or firm or any other person if any member
of his family is employed in that 16company or firm or under that person or if he or any
member of his family is interested in such matter or contract in any other manner and the
Government servant shall refer every such matter or contract to his official superior and the
matter or contract shall thereafter be disposed of according to the instructions of the
authority to whom the reference is made.
5. Taking part in politics and elections
(1) No Government servant shall be a member of, or be otherwise associated with, any political
party or any organisation which takes part in politics nor shall he take part in, subscribe in aid
of, or assist in any other manner, any political movement or activity.
(2) It shall be the duty of every Government servant to endeavour to prevent any member of his
family from taking part in, subscribing in aid of, or assisting in any other manner any
movement or activity which is, or tends directly or indirectly to be, subversive of the
Government as by law established and where a Government servant is unable to prevent a
member of his family from taking part in, or subscribing in aid of , or assisting in any other

manner, any such movement or activity, he shall make a report to that effect to the
Government.
(3) If any question arises whether a party is a political party or whether any organisation takes part
in politics or whether any movement or activity falls within the scope of sub-rule (2), the
decision of the Government thereon shall be final.
(4) No Government servant shall canvass or otherwise interfere with, or use his influence in
connection with or take part in an election to any legislature or local authority:
Provided that -
(i) a Government servant qualified to vote at such election may exercise his right to vote,
but where he does so, he shall give no indication of the manner in which he proposes to
vote or has voted;
(ii) a Government servant shall not be deemed to have contravened the provisions of this
sub-rule by reason only that he assists in the conduct of an election in the due
performance of a duty imposed on him by or under any law for the time being in force.
EXPLANATION.- The display by a Government servant on his person, vehicle or residence of any
electoral symbol shall amount to using his influence in connection with an election within the
meaning of this sub-rule.