1.
It has been represented to the Government that the cases of appointment of
ex-convicts to posts to which they are eligible to be appointed, should be
considered favourably provided their present conduct is certified to be good by
the welfare officers.
2.
According to General Rule 12(b)(ii) of Part II of the State and Subordinate
Services, no person shall be eligible for appointment to any service by direct
recruitment unless he satisfied the Commission. Cases where appointment has to
be made in consultation with it or the appointing authorities in other cases,
that his character and antecedents are such as to qualify him for such service.
The Government therefore. consider that persons convicted for offences involving
moral turpitude should be deemed to be of bad characters under General Rule 12(b)(ii)
and should be ineligible for entry into Government service. But in the case of
persons convicted for other offences (i.e.), offences not involving moral
turpitude like driving a vehicle or possessing arms without renewing the
licence when the period of licence has expired, causing disturbance to the
neighbour by playing instruments during the dead hour of the night, for failure
to submit income tax returns etc., there is no need to impose such a bar for
entry into Government service and each case may, however, be decided on merits.
