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RAILWAY SERVICES (CONDUCT) RULES, 1966 AND THE LOKPALS AND LOKAYUKTAS ACT 2013 DECLARATIONS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES BY THE RAILWAY SERVANTS FOR EACH YEAR.

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Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966 and the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 – Submission of declarations of assets and liabilities by the Railway Servants for each year - regarding ***** date for filing returns under the Act was extended in view of the difficulties faced in filing

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RBE No. 150/2015 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD)

No. E(D&A) 2015 GS1-7

New Delhi, 24.11.2015

The General Manager(P) All Indian Railways and Production Units etc.

(As per standard list).

Sub: Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966 and the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 – Submission of declarations of assets and liabilities by the Railway Servants for each year - regarding

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Attention is invited to Railway Board’s letter no. E(D&A) 2014 GS1-2 dated

31.08.2015, whereby a copy of Department of Personnel and Training’s O.M. No. dated 11013/7/2014-Estt. (A-III) dated 23.07.2015 was circulated on the Railways. The time lines for filing returns regarding assets and liabilities were laid down vide the said O.M.

dated 23.07.2015. It was mentioned therein that all Government servants i.e. belonging to Group ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ and erstwhile Group ‘D’ are now required to furnish the declaration of their assets and liabilities in the formats prescribed under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (‘the Act’).

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Vide Railway Board’s letter no. E(D&A) 2014 GS1-2 dated 27.04.2015, the last date for filing returns under the Act was extended in view of the difficulties faced in filing returns under the Act and the need to simplify the forms and the process in which railway servants are required to make a declaration of assets and liabilities. Vide Board’s letter no. E(D&A) 2014 GS1-2 dated 12.10.2015, the deadline for filing these returns has again been extended up to 15th April, 2016 as the circumstances enumerated in the earlier instructions which necessitated extension still continue.

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In view of the difficulty faced in filing returns under the formats prescribed under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, it has been decided that the Annual Property Returns required to be filed under Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966 for the year 2015 which are required to be filed by the 31st January 2016, may be filed in the forms prescribed under the RS(Conduct) Rules, 1966. The returns would be required to be filed by all the Railway servants belonging to Group ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ and erstwhile Group ‘D’.

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(S. Modi) Dy. Director Estt. (D&A) Railway Board

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