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Date2006-12-01
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rules(2) and (3) of rule 5, sub- rule(i) of rule 8, sub-rule (i) of rule 10, rule 12, rule 14, sub-rules (i) of rule 15, sub-rule (3) of rule 16, sub-rule(1) of rule 19 and rule 21, ‘Government’ means the Railway Board in the case of all non- gazetted railway servants rule(i) of rule 8, sub-rule (i) of rule 10, rule 12, rule 14, sub-rules

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RAILWAY SERVICES (CONDUCT) RULES, 1966 
 
1. Short Title:-  (1) These rules may be called Railway Services(Conduct) Rules, 
1966. 
 
 
 
(2) They shall come into force at once. 
2.  Definition:-  
In these rules unless the context otherwise requires- 
 
(a)  ‘Government’ means, in relation to— 
  
 (i)  gazetted officers holding posts in the Railway Board,  the 
President; 
  
(ii)  other gazetted officers, the Railway Board; 
 
(iii)  non-gazetted officers, in the Railway Board, the Secretary, 
Railway Board; 
 
 (iv)  other non-gazetted officers in offices directly under the 
Administrative control of the Railway Board, the Heads of the 
Offices concerned and 
 
  (v)  other non-gazetted officers, the General Managers of the  Railway 
administration concerned; 
 
 Provided that for purposes of sub-rules(2) and (3) of rule 5, sub-
rule(i) of rule 8, sub-rule (i) of rule 10, rule 12, rule 14, sub-rules 
(i) of rule 15, sub-rule (3) of rule 16, sub-rule(1) of rule 19 and rule 
21, ‘Government’ means the Railway Board in the case of all non-
gazetted railway servants.  
 
 [Authority: Railway Board’s letter No. E[D&A]2006/GSI-9 dt. 01.12.2006] 
 
(b) 
“railway servant” means a railway servant as defined in rule 103(43*) 
of the Indian Railway Establishment Code. 
 
 
* Railway servant means a person who is a member of a service or 
who holds a post under the administrative control of the Railway Board 
and includes a post in the Railway Board.  Persons lent from a service 
or post which is not under the administrative control of the Railway 
Board to a Service or post which is under such administrative control 
do not come within the scope of this definition. 
Explanation:  A railway servant whose services are placed at the disposal of a 
company, corporation, organisation or a local authority shall, for the 
purpose of these rules, be deemed to be a railway servant not 
withstanding that his salary is drawn from sources other than the 
Consolidated Fund of India. 
 
(c)  “members of family” in relation to a railway servant includes — 
 
(i)  the wife or husband, as the case may be, of the railway servant, 
whether residing with the railway servant or not but does not 
include a wife or husband, as the case may be, separated from a 
railway servant by a decree or order of a competent court; 
 
(ii)  son or daughter or step-son or step-daughter of the railway 
servant and wholly dependent on him, but does not include a child 
or step child who is no longer in any way dependent on the 
railway servant or of whose custody the railway servant has been 
deprived by or under any law;

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(iii)  any other person related whether by blood or marriage to the 
railway servant or to the railway servant’s wife or husband and 
wholly dependent on the railway servant.  
 
 
Railway Ministry’s decision:- The son/daughter will come within the 
purview of this rule only if he or she is dependent upon the railway 
servant. 
 
 
(E(D&A)77 GS1/13 dt.14.7.1977). 
3. General:  
 
(1)  Every railway servant shall at all times— 
 
(i)    maintain absolute integrity; 
 
(ii)   maintain devotion to duty;   
 
(iii)  do nothing which is unbecoming of a railway servant. 
 
"(iv) commit himself to and uphold the supremacy of the Constitution and 
democratic values; 
 
(v) defend and uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the 
State, public order, decency and morality; 
 
(vi) maintain high ethical standards and honesty; 
 
(vii) maintain political neutrality; 
 
(viii) promote the principles of merit, fairness and impartiality in the discharge of 
duties; 
 
(ix) maintain accountability and transparency; 
 
(x) maintain responsiveness to the public, particularly to the weaker section; 
 
(xi) maintain courtesy and good behaviour with the public; 
 
(xii) take decisions solely in public interest and use or cause to use public 
resources efficiently, effectively and economically; 
 
 (xiii) declare any private interests relating 

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