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Department of Personnel & Training
No. 11012/8/2011-Estt.(A) January 6,
2014
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Rule 32 of the Central Civil Services
(Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965- Advice of the Union Public
Service Commission (UPSC) to be communicated to the delinquent Government
servant along with the final order of penalty- Amendment - regarding
The undersigned is directed to refer to the provisions of
the Rule 32 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal)
Rules, 1965 and to say that the nature of consultation with the Union Public
Service Commission (UPSC) and the manner of communication of the advice of the
UPSC to the delinquent Government servant have been subject matter of
litigation in some cases in CAT/High Courts etc. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in
the T. V. Patel case, delivered on 19.04.2007, held that the Disciplinary
Authority is not required to furnish a copy of the advice tendered by the Union
Public Service Commission to the Charged Officer before the final order of
penalty is passed. Accordingly, vide Office Memorandum No. 11012/10/2007-
Estt.(A) dated 07.01.2008, the Ministries/ Departments/ Offices were requested
to comply with the existing provisions of CCS(CCA) Rules, 1965 and bring the
contents of the O.M. to the notice of all concerned for adopting a uniform
stand.
2.
Now, the Hon'ble Supreme Court in its judgment on 16.03.2011, while dismissing
the Civil Appeal No. 5341 of 2006 in the matter of Union of India & Ors. vs
S. K. Kapoor, has held that it is a settled principle of natural justice that
if any material is to be relied upon in departmental proceedings, a copy of the
same must be supplied in advance to the charge sheeted employee so that he may
have a chance to rebut the same. The Hon'ble Court also observed that there may
be a case where the report of the Union Public Service Commission is not relied
upon by the disciplinary authority and in that case it is certainly not
necessary to supply a copy of the same to the concerned employee. However, if
it is relied upon, then a copy of the same must be supplied in advance to the
concerned employee, otherwise, there will be violation of the principles of
natural justice.
3.
The matter has been examined in consultation with Department of Legal Affairs
and it has been decided that in compliance of the judgment of the Hon'ble
Supreme Court in S.K. Kapoor case, a copy of the advice of UPSC, in all cases
where the Commission is consulted, may be provided to the Charged Officer, not
withstanding the provisions of Rule 17 and Rule 32 of CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965
before a final decision is taken by the Disciplinary Authority (DA).
4. Accordingly. it has been decided that in
all disciplinary cases where the Commission is to be consulted, the following
procedure may be adopted:
(i) On
receipt of the Inquiry Report, the DA may examine the same and forward it to
the Commission with his observations;
( ii)
On receipt of the Commission's
report, the DA will examine the same and forward the same to the Charged
Officer along with the Inquiry Report and his tentative reasons for
disagreement with the Inquiry Report and/or the advice of the UPSC;
(iii)
The Charged Officer shall be required to submit, if he so desires, his written
representation or submission to the Disciplinary Authority within fifteen days,
irrespective of whether the Inquiry report/advice of UPSC is in his favour or
not.
(iv)
The Disciplinary Authority shall consider the representation of the Charged
Officer and take further action as prescribed in sub-rules 2(A) to (4) of Rule
15 of CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965.
5. A flow chart indicating the present and
revised procedure is annexed for ready reference.
6. All Ministries/ Departments/Offices are
requested to bring the above guidelines to the notice of all Disciplinary
Authorities under their control. All cases, where final orders have not been
issued may be processed as per these guidelines.
7. Formal amendment to CCS (CCA) Rules will
follow.
8. Hindi version will follow.
Department of Personnel and Training
N0,36035/2/2012-Estt.(Rec) dated the 08th,January,
2014
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:
Identification of jobs/posts for persons with Disabilities- review thereof.
The
undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's OM No.
36035/3/2004-Estt.(Res) dated 29.12.2005 circulating consolidated instructions
relating to Reservation for the Persons with Disabilities.
2.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, in pursuance of the provisions of
section 32 of Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of
Rights and Full Participation) Rules, 1995 had constituted an Expert Committee
to review the identification of posts in all Groups in the Establishments of
the Government of India and Public Sector Undertakings for persons with
disabilities. On the recommendations of the Expert Committee, Ministry of
Social Justice and Empowerment vide their Notification No. 16-15/2010- DD.III
dated 29th July, 2013 has issued a amended list of identified posts in all
Groups for persons with disabilities. A copy of this Notification, which is of
more than 1500 pages, is available on the website of Social Justice and
Empowerment.
3.
Para 4 of this Department's OM No. 36035/3/2004-Estt.(Res) dated 29.12.2005
relating to identification of jobs/posts is amended accordingly and all the
Ministries/Departments are now requested to utilize the list of identified
posts specified in Annexure -C of the Ministry of Social Justice &
Empowerment's Notification No. 16-15/2010-DD.111 dated 29.07.2013. It is
further stated that the list of jobs/posts notified by the Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment is illustrative and the concerned
Ministries/Departments can further supplement the list to suit their job
requirements.
4. All the Ministries/Departments are also
requested to bring the above instructions to the notice of all appointing
authorities under their control.
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