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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) and (3) 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 held in honour of a railway servant or any other Government servant on

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THE 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, 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) 
and (3) 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. 
(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;
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(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;
(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;  and
(iii) 
do nothing which is unbecoming of a railway 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

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