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| Type | Commercial Circular |
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| Topic | ticket-checking |
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THE RAILWAY SERVICES (CONDUCT) RULES, 1966
1. Short Title.-
(1) These rules may be called the Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966.
(2) They shall come into force at once.(i.e. 21-03-1966)
2. Definitions.-
3. General:-
(1) Every railway servant shall at all times-
(i) Maintain absolute integrity;
(ii) Maintain devotion to duty; and
(iii) Do nothing, which is unbecoming of a railway or government servant.
(2) (i) Every railway servant holding a supervisory post shall take all possible steps to ensure
the integrity and devotion to duty of all railway servants for the time being under his control and
authority;
(ii) no railway servant shall, in the performance of his official duties or in the exercise of
powers conferred on him, act otherwise than in his best judgment except when he is acting under
the direction of his official superior;
(iii) the direction of the official superior shall ordinarily be in writing, and where the issue of
oral direction becomes unavoidable, the official superior shall confirm it in writing immediately
thereafter; and
(iv) a railway servant who has received oral direction from his official superior, shall seek
confirmation of the same in writing as early as possible, whereupon it shall be the duty of the official
superior to confirm the direction in writing.
Explanation I: - A railway servant who habitually fails to perform the task assigned to him
within the time set for the purpose and with the quality of performance expected of him shall be
deemed to be lacking in the duty within the meaning of clause (ii) of sub-rule (1).
Explanation II :- Nothing in clause(ii) of sub-rule(2) shall be construed as empowering a
railway servant to evade his responsibilities by seeking instructions from or approval of a superior
officer or authority when such instructions are not necessary under the scheme of distribution of
powers and responsibilities.
3A. Promptness and Courtesy.-
No Railway servant shall -
(a) in the performance of his official duties, act in a discourteous
manner;
(b) in his official dealings with the public or otherwise adopt dilatory tactics or
wilfully cause delays in disposal of the work assigned to him.
3B. Observance of Government’s policies.-
Every railway servant shall, at all times -
(i) act in accordance with the Government’s policies regarding age of marriage,
preservation of environment, protection of wildlife and cultural heritage;
(ii) observe the Government’s policies regarding prevention of crime against women.
3C. Prohibition of sexual harassment of working women
(1)No Railway servant shall indulge in any act of sexual harassment of any woman at her
work place.
(2)Every railway servant who is in charge of a workplace shall take appropriate steps to
prevent sexual harassment to any woman at such work place.
Explanation:- For the purpose of this rule, "sexual harassment" includes such unwelcome sexually
determined behaviour, whether directly or otherwise, as:
(a) Physical contact and advances;
(b) Demand or request for sexual favours;
(c) Sexually coloured remarks;
(d) Showing any pornography; or
(e) Any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of a sexual
nature
4. Employment of near relatives of railway servants in a Company or firm enjoying Government
patronage.-
(1) No railway servant shall use his position or influence directly or indirectly to secure
employment for any member of his family in any company or firm;
(2) (i)No Group 'A' officer shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government, permit
his son, daughter or oth
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