Rule 1. Short title and application :
Rule 2. Definitions :
Rule 3. General:-
Rule 3-A. Joining of associations by Government employees:
[Rule 3-B. Promptness and courtesy:-
[Rule 3-C. Prohibition of sexual harassment of working women:
Rule 4. Strikes:-
Rule 5. Demonstrations:-
No Government employee shall participate in any demonstration which is against the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India or public order.
Rule 6. Gifts, services, entertainments, addresses, and other forms of felicitations:--
(1) No Government employee shall,-
(i) accept, or permit any member of his family to accept, from any person any gift, the receipt of which, or any service the performance of which, will place such employee under any kind of official obligation or embarrassment in relation to any person; if, however, the offer of a gift cannot be refused without giving undue offense to the donor, it may be accepted and the matter reported to the Government for decision as to its disposal; or
(ii) receive any address or accept any felicitation or entertainment held in his honor: Provided that nothing in this sub-rule shall apply to
(a) gifts of flowers or fruits of trifling value;
(b) gifts of value, reasonable in all circumstances of the case, from relations, and gifts of a value of less than two hundred rupees from personal friends presented to a Government employee or to any member of his family on ceremonial occasions such as weddings;
(c) the performance of an occasional service of a trifling character;
(d) the sitting for a group photo with officers and the members of the staff of his office.
(iii) stay in any Guest House owned by a private person and enjoy his hospitality.
(2) If any question arises whether the receipt of a gift or the performance of a service places the Government employee under any kind of official obligation or embarrassment, the decision of the Government thereon shall be final.
(3) No Government employee shall receive any trowel, key, scissors, or other similar article offered to him in connection with any ceremonial function such as the laying of foundation stone or the opening of a building.
Rule 7. Subscriptions:-
No Government employee shall, except with the previous sanction of Government, ask for, or accept, or in any way participate in the raising of, any subscriptions or other pecuniary assistance in pursuance of any object whatsoever.
Rule 8. Lending, borrowing and insolvency:-
(i) any transaction of a Government employee with a cooperative society registered or deemed to have been registered under the law relating to co-operative societies for the time being in force in the State;
(3) A Government employee shall so manage his private affairs as to avoid habitual indebtedness or insolvency. A Government employee who is involved in a legal proceeding for insolvency shall forthwith report the full facts to Government.
Rule 9. Acquiring or disposing of movable or immovable property:-
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Name and Designation |
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Scale of pay and present pay |
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Purpose of application / sanction for transaction
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Whether property is being acquired or disposed of |
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Probable date of acquisition / disposal of
property |
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Mode of acquisition / disposal |
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(a) Full details about location Viz., Municipal No.,
Street/Village, Mandal, District and State in which situated |
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(b) Description of the property, in the case of cultivable
land, dry or irrigated land |
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(c) Whether free hold or leasehold |
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(d) Whether the applicant's interest in the property
is in full or part (in case of partial interest, the extent of such interest
must be indicated) |
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(e) In case the transaction is not exclusively in
the name of the Govt. Servant, particulars of ownership and share of each
member |
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Sale/purchase price of the property (Market value
in the case of gifts) |
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In cases of acquisition, source or sources from which financed / proposed to be financed |
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(a) Personal savings |
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(b) Other sources giving details |
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In the case of disposal of property, was
requisite sanction / intimation obtained/given for its acquisition. A copy of
the sanction / acknowledgement should be attached |
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(a) Name and address of
the party with whom transaction is proposed to be made |
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(b) Is the party related
to the applicant? If so, state the relationship |
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(c) Did the applicant
have any dealings with party in his official capacity at any time, or is the
applicant likely to have any dealings with him in the near future? |
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(d) How was the
transaction arranged? (Whether through any statutory body or a private agency
through advertisement or through friends and relatives. Full particulars to
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Any other relevant fact which the applicant may like
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DECLARATION
Station : Signature :
Date : Designation :
Note: 1. In the above form, different portions may be used according to requirement.
2. Where the previous sanction asked for, the application should be submitted atleast 30 days before the proposed date of the transaction. Provided also that the Government employee shall submit the request to Government seeking prior permission duly obtaining acknowledgment of having made such a request and if no permission is received within one month, he/she may go ahead with the transaction. - G.O.Ms.No. 26, Genl.Admn. (Ser.C) Dept., Dt. 20-1-1998
I. Posts out-side the purview of the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 1975, (hereinafter referred to as Presidential Order) :
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Heads of Departments and Officers holding
equivalent posts in the Department. |
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Government. |
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All second level Gazetted Posts and above except
second level Gazetted posts included in Schedule III of the Presidential Order. |
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Head of the Department. |
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First level Gazetted posts which do not fall
within the purview of the Presidential Order. |
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Head of the Department. |
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Posts in Secretariat |
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(a) Assistant Secretary
to Government and above. |
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Chief Secretary to Government. |
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(b) Section Officers and
Private Secretaries to Secretaries. |
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Private Principal Secretary/ Secretary / Ex-Officio
Secretary concerned. |
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(c) Assistant Section
Officers and all other non-Gazetted categories. |
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Additional/Joint Dy. Secretary Government
concerned |
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Posts in the Office of the Heads of Departments /
State level offices and other offices not covered by the Presidential order. |
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(a) Head of the Department concerned (b) Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission. (c) Secretary to Governor. (d) Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal. (e) Labour Court. (f) Industrial Tribunal. (g) Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal. |
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Non-Gazetted posts in the Officers other than the
Offices of the Heads of Departments and State level offices etc. |
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Appointing Authority. |
II. Posts which fall within the purview of the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (OLC & RDR) Order, 1975, (hereinafter referred to as Presidential Order):
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Second level Gazetted posts which have been organised
into Zonal/Multi Zonal cadres in pursuance of the provisions of the
Presidential Order. |
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Heads of the Department. |
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First level Gazetted posts which have been
organised into Zonal/Multi Zonal cadres in pursuance of the provisions of the
Presidential Order. |
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Regional Officers having jurisdiction over the
respective Zones I Multi Zones in respect of the relevant local cadres where
regional set-up exists, or the office next below the Head of the Department
in the office of the Head of the Department where no regional set-up exists. |
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Non-Gazetted categories of posts which have been
organised into Zonal, Multi Zonal cadres in pursuance of the Presidential
Order. |
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Regional Officer or other Officers who administer
the relevant Zonal/Multi Zonal cadres. |
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Non-Gazetted categories which have been organised
into District or less than District cadres in pursuance of the Presidential
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Collectors and other District officers concerned
or officers who administer such District or less than District cadres. |
(B) In respect of Government employee serving on deputation either under Central Government or any State Government or appropriate Government under which the Government employee is serving shall be deemed to be Government. [Sub. by G.O.Ms.No. 567, G.A. (Ser-C), Dt. 15-10-1988]
Rule 10. Private trade, business and investments:-
(1) No Government employee shall engage directly or indirectly in any trade or business save in the course of his official duties.
Explanation:-Canvassing by a Government servant in support of the business of Insurance agency, Commission agency and the like, owned or managed his wife or any other member of his family shall be deemed to be a breach of this sub-rule.
(1-A) Every Government employee shall report to the Government if any member of his family engaged in a trade or business or owns or manages an Insurance Agency or Commission agency.
(2) No Government employee shall speculate in any investment.
(3) No Government employee shall make, or permit any member of his family to make, any investment likely to embarrass or influence him in the discharge of his official duties.
(4) The decision of the Government shall be final in respect of any question arising under this rule.
Rule 11. Promotion and management of companies in private capacity:-
No Government employee shall, in his private capacity, except with the previous sanction of Government, take part in the promotion, registration or management of any bank or other company registered under the relevant law for the time being in force:
Provided that a Government employee may, in accordance with the provisions of any general or special order of Government, 'take part in the promotion, registration or management of a co-operative society registered under any law relating to co-operative societies for the time being in force in the State;
Provided further that no Government employee shall, without the previous sanction of the Government except in the discharge of his official duties, take part in a promotion, registration or management of any cooperative society for Commercial purposes.
Rule 12. Private employment:-
No Government employee shall, except with the previous sanction of Government, negotiate for or undertake any employment or work other than that connected with his official duties:
Provided that a Government employee may, without such sanction, participate in sports activities as an amateur, undertake honorary work of a social or charitable nature, or occasional work of literary, artistic or scientific character or any examinership on remuneration, offered therefor by the Union Public Service Commission, Institute of Secretariat Training & Management of Government of India, the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission, the State Board of Technical Education and Training or the Board of Secondary Education, Andhra Pradesh, or by any of the four Universities in the State of Andhra Pradesh, the Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh, subject to the condition that such work or examinership does not interfere with his official duties; but he shall not undertake or shall discontinue such work; or examinership, if so directed by Government.
Rule 13. Publication of books:-
No Government employee shall, without the previous permission of the Government, publish any book, which is not purely of a literary, artistic or scientific character. While applying for permission to publish a book he shall submit to Government a manuscript copy thereof:
Provided that an employee who publishes a book with or without the previous permission of the Government shall not canvass for its sale in any manner and it shall also be open to Government to insist on the sale of the copyright in any such book.
Rule 14. Communication of Official Information:-
Every Government servant shall, in performance of his duties in good faith, communicate to a member of the public or any organization full and accurate information which can be disclosed under the Right to information Act, 2005 (Central Act 22 of 2005).Explanation: Nothing in this rule shall be construed as permitting communication of classified information in an unauthorized manner or for improper gains to a Government servant or other. - G.O.Ms.No. 114, G.A.D., Dt. ,6-3-2009
Rule 15. Connection with press:-
No Government employee shall, except with the previous sanction of Government, own wholly or in part, or conduct, or participate in the editing or the management of, any newspaper or non-Government publication.
Rule 16. Participation in radio broadcast and contribution to Newspapers and Periodicals:-
(l) No Government employee shall, except with the previous sanction of Government or any authority empowered by them in this behalf or in the course of discharge of his official duties, participate in a radio broadcast or drama or any teleserial or feature film or contribute any article or write any letter in his own name or anonymously, pseudonymously or in the name of any other person, to any newspaper or periodical Provided that no such sanction is necessary if such broadcast, or drama or any teleserial or feature film or article or letter is of a purely literary, artistic or scientific character, or if such broadcast relates to a talk arranged under the general or special order of Government; and the Government employee may accept the remuneration prescribed for such broadcasts, dramas or teleserials or feature films or articles or letters. [Subs. by G.O.Ms.No. 433, G.A.D., Dt. 24-8-2006]
(2) For the purpose of sub-rule (1), a Secretary to Government or a Head of Department may exercise the power of Government in respect of Government employees under his control and may refer any case to Government for orders if he considers such a course desirable.
Rule 17. Criticism of the policy or action of Government or any other State Government or Central Government:-
(1) No Government employee shall, by any public utterance, written or otherwise, criticize any policy or action of Government or any other State Government or the Central Government; nor shall he participate in any such criticism Provided that nothing in this rule shall be deemed to prohibit any Government employee from participating in discussions, at any private meeting solely of Government employees or of any association of Government employees, of matters which affect the interest of such employees individually or generally.
(2) No Government employee shall, in any writing published by him, or in any communication made by him to the press, or in any public utterance delivered by him, make any statement of fact or opinion which is likely to embarrass-
(i) the relations between the Central Government and the Government of any State and the People of India or any section thereof;
(ii) the relations between the Central Government and the Government of any Foreign State.
(3) A Government employee who intends to publish any document or to make any communication to the press or to deliver any public utterance containing statements in respect of which any doubt as to the application of the restrictions imposed by sub-rule (2) may arise, shall submit to Government the draft of such document, communication or utterance and shall thereafter, act in accordance with such orders as may be passed by Government.
Rule 18. Evidence before any Committee, Commission or other Authority:-
1) No Government employee shall give evidence in connection with any inquiry conducted by any committee, Commission, or other Authority-
(a) in India, except with the previous permission of the Government;
(b) outside India, except with the previous sanction of the Central Government.
(2) Where any sanction is accorded under sub-rule (1), no Government employee giving such evidence shall criticize the policy of the Central Government or of a State Government.
(3) Nothing in sub-rule (1) shall apply to--
(a) evidence given before a statutory committee, commission, or other authority which has the power to compel attendance and the giving of answers;
(b) evidence given in judicial inquiries;
(c) evidence given at any departmental inquiry ordered by Government or any authority subordinate to them.
Rule 19. Taking part in politics and elections:-
(l) No Government Employee shall be a member of, or be otherwise associated with any political party or any organization in respect of which there is slightest reason to think that the organization has a political aspect and takes part in politics, nor shall he participate in, subscribe in aid of, or assist in any other manner, any political movement or activity.AD) (Service-C), Dt. 8-2-1990]
(2) It shall be the duty of every Government employee to endeavour to prevent any member of his family from taking part in, subscribing in aid of, or assisting in any manner, any movement or activity which is, or tends directly or indirectly to be, subversive of the Central Government or of a State Government, being prejudicial to national security; and where a Government employee is unable to prevent a member of his family from taking part in, or subscribing in aid of, or assisting in any other manner, any such movement or activity, he shall make a report to that effect to Government.
(3) Nothing in sub-rule (2) shall apply in respect of any member of the family of Government employee standing for an election to Parliament or any House of a State Legislature or local authority or body or canvassing for other candidates in any such election.
(4) If any question arises as to whether any movement or activity falls within the scope of this rule, the decision of the Government thereon shall be final.
(5) No Government employee shall canvass or otherwise interfere or use his influence, in connection with, or take part in, an election to Parliament or any House of a State Legislative or any local authority or body:
Provided that-
(i) a Government employee qualified to vote at such election may cast his vote but, where he does so, he shall give no indication of the manner in which he proposes to vote or has voted;
(ii) a Government employee shall not be deemed to have contravened the provisions of this rule by reason only that he has assisted in the conduct of an election in the due performance of a duty imposed on him by or under any law for the time being in force.
(6) The display by a Government employee on his person, vehicle, residence or any of his property, of any election symbol shall amount to using his influence in connection with an election within the meaning of sub-rule (5).
(7) The provisions of sub-rules (5) and (6) shall not apply to a Government employee required or permitted by or under any law or order of Government to be a candidate at an election to a local authority or body.
Rule 20. Vindication of acts and character of a Government employee as such:
(1) No Government employee shall, except with the previous sanction of Government, have recourse to the press or any Court for the vindication of his official act which has been the subject matter of adverse criticism or an attack of a defamatory character in public.
(2) Nothing in sub-rule (1) shall be deemed to prohibit a Government employee from vindicating his private character on an act done by him in his private capacity.
(3) No Government employee shall, except with the previous sanctionof Government, accept from any person or body compensation of any kind for malicious prosecution or defamatory attack in respect of his official act unless such compensation has been awarded by a competent court of law.
Rule 21. Working with or under, near relatives in Government service:-
(1) Every member of a State Service shall inform his immediate official superior if a member of a State or Subordinate Service, who is his near relative, is to work under him.
(2) Every member of a State Subordinate Service shall inform his immediate official superior if he is to work under a member of an All-India Service or a State Service who is his near relative.
Rule 22. Employment of a member of the family in a private firm :-
Wherever a member of the family of a Government employee who is solely dependent on him wishes to accept employment under any person, or with any firm or company, having official connection with such government employee or Government, the Government employee shall obtain the prior sanction of Government for such employment.
Rule 23. Government employee not to deal in his official capacity with matters concerning himself, his relatives or dependents:
No Government employee shall deal, in his official capacity, with any matter which directly or indirectly concerns himself or any of his relatives or dependents.
Rule 24. Influencing authorities for furtherance of interests :
(1) No Government employee shall bring or attempt to bring any extraneous influence to bear upon any authority for the furtherance of his interests.
(2) A Government employee causing his own case to be made the subject of an interpellation in either House of Parliament or State Legislature or of discussion in the Andhra Pradesh Regional Committee shall be deemed to have contravened the provisions of sub-rule (1).
(3) It will be improper for a Government employee who makes any representation to the competent authority through the proper channel, to bother the higher authorities with advance copies thereof: Provided that a Government employee may send a copy of any representation made to the competent authority through the proper channel, direct to the higher authorities if the representation is made after exhausting such of the statutory remedies as were open to him and after receiving intimation that his representation has been withheld.
Rule 25. Bigamous marriages:-
(1) No Government employee who has a wife living shall contract another marriage without first obtaining the permission of the Government, notwithstanding that such subsequent marriage is permissible under the personal law for the time being applicable to him: Provided that where the personal law provides for second or subsequent marriage, the Government employee shall while seeking permission to contract another marriage, produce documentary evidence in support of "Divorce or Talaq" in respect of previous marriage and the manner in which the same was secured or pronounced and intimated to the first or former wife.(G.O.Ms.No. 168, GA (Ser-C), Dt. 5-3-1990)
(2) No female Government Servant, whether unmarried or widowed or divorced, as the case may be, shall marry any person who has a wife living without first obtaining the permission of the Government, though the parties are governed by the personal law which otherwise permits contracting more than one marriage while the prior marriage is subsisting. (G.O.Ms.No. 168, GA (Ser-C), Dt. 5-3-1990)
Rule 25-A. No Government servant shall :-
Rule 26. Drinking:-
Notwithstanding anything contained in the provisions of any law relating to intoxicating drinks or drugs for the time being in force in any area, no Government employee shall-
(i) while on duty, be under the influence of such drinks or drugs to such an extent as to render him incapable of discharging his duty properly and efficiently; or
(ii) appear in a public place in a state of intoxication; or
(iii) consume such drinks or drugs in excess. (Subs. by G.O. Ms. No. 513, G.A. (Ser-C) Dept. Dt. 19-12-2002)
Rule 27. Interpretation:-
If any question arises relating to the interpretation of these rules, the decision of Government thereon shall be final.
Rule 28. Repeal:-
The Government Servants' Conduct Rules, 1958, are hereby repealed Provided that such repeal shall not affect the previous operation of any action taken or orders or instructions issued thereunder, and subject thereto, anything done or any action taken under the rules so repealed shall be deemed to have been done or taken under these rules.
Rule 29. Savings of other laws:-
The provisions of these rules shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other law or order of any competent authority, for the time being in force, regulating the conduct of Government employees in the State.