FORM

I do hereby certify that I have examined A B, a candidate for employment in the ................... Department, and cannot discover that he has any disease, constitutional affection or bodily infirmity except...........I do not consider this a disqualification for employment in the Office of.............

A B's age is according to his own statement X years and by appearance Y years.

A B has been re-vaccinated/

S.¹[Rule 13A

New recruits shall produce a form for Service and Payroll Administrative Repository for Kerala (SPARK) in Form No. 15, duly filled up at the time of joining duty for registering their details.]

S.Rule 14

Unless in any case it be otherwise distinctly provided, the whole-time of an officer is at the disposal of the Government which pays him and he may be employed in any manner required by proper authority, without claim for additional remuneration, whether the services required of him are such as would ordinarily be remunerated from the General Revenues of India or of the States or the Revenues of a Local Fund or from the funds of a body, incorporated or not, which is wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Government.

1[Note 1.- Every officer must attend the office punctually. For every three days' late attendance without permission, an officer will forfeit a day's casual leave for which he is eligible. The computation of the forfeiture of a day's casual leave will be with respect to the calendar year and late attendance without permission for less than three days at the end of a calendar year will be ignored.

Note 2.- No other kind of leave exc

S.¹[Rule 14A

The period of unauthorised absence of an officer on account of participation in strike shall be treated as "dies-non". During the period of "dies-non", he shall not be eligible for pay and allowances and the period shall not be counted for admissibility of earned leave. However, such period shall be counted for the purposes of increment and half pay leave, notwithstanding anything contained in any other rules in this part.]

S.Rule 15

(a) Two or more Officers cannot be appointed substantively to the same permanent post at the same time.

(b) An Officer cannot be appointed substantively, except as a temporary measure, to two or more permanent posts at the same time.

(c) An Officer cannot be appointed substantively to a post on which another Officer holds a lien.

S.Rule 16

Unless in any case it be otherwise provided in these rules, an officer on substantive appointment to any permanent post acquires a lien on that post and ceases to hold any lien previously acquired on any other post.

S.Rule 17

Unless his lien is suspended under rule 18 or transferred under Rule 20 an officer holding substantively a permanent post retains a lien on that post--

 (a) while performing the duties of that post;

 (b) while on foreign service or holding a temporary post, or officiating in another post;

 (c) during joining time on transfer to another post, unless he is transferred substantively to a post on lower pay, in which case his lien is transferred to the new post from the date on which he is relieved of his duties in the old post;

 (d) while on leave;

 (e) while under suspension; and

 (f) while under training.

S.Rule 18

(a) The Government shall suspend the lien of an officer on a permanent post which he holds substantively if he is appointed in a substantive capacity--

 (1) to a permanent post outside the cadre on which he is borne, or

 (2) provisionally to a post on which another officer would hold a lien had his lien not been suspended under this rule.

(b) The Government may, at their option, suspend the lien of an Officer on a permanent post which he holds substantively, if he is transferred to foreign service or in circumstances not covered by clause (a) of the rule, is transferred, whether in a substantive or officiating capacity to a post in another cadre, and if in any of these cases there is reason to believe that he will remain absent from the original post on which he holds a lien for a period of not less than three years.

1[RULING

The lien of an Officer on a permanent post should not be suspended when he is appointed to a higher post i

S.Rule 19

(a) An Officer's lien on a post may in no circumstances be terminated, even with his consent, if the result will be to leave him without a lien or a suspended lien upon a permanent post.

 (b) In a case covered by sub-clause (2) of clause (a) of Rule 18, the suspended lien may not, except on the written request of the Officer concerned, be terminated while the officer remains in Government service; provided that it shall be open to the Competent Authority to refuse consent for the confirmation or retention of an Officer in a permanent post outside the cadre on which he is borne unless he makes a written request that his lien on the permanent post in his parent office should be terminated.

S.Rule 20

Subject to the provisions of rule 21 the Government may transfer to another permanent post in the same cadre the lien of an Officer who is not performing the duties of the post to which the lien relates, even if that lien has been suspended.

S.Rule 21

(a) The Government may transfer an officer from one post to another; provided that, except--

 (1) on account of inefficiency or misbehavior, or

 (2) on his written request,

an Officer shall not be transferred substantively to, or, except in a case covered by Rule 53, appointed to officiate in a post carrying less pay than the pay of the permanent post on which he holds a lien, or would hold a lien had his lien not been suspended under Rule 18.

 (b) Nothing contained in clause (a) of this rule or in clause (18) of Rule 12 shall operate to prevent the transfer of an Officer to the post on which he would hold a lien, had it not been suspended in accordance with the provisions of clause (a) of Rule 18.

Note.- Permanent transfers from a higher to lower scale in anticipation of the abolition of a post are not transfers within the meaning of the above rule.

S.Rule 22

An officer may be required to subscribe to a Provident Fund, a Family-Pension Fund or similar fund in accordance with such rules as the Government may by order prescribe.

Note 1.- An Officer ¹[who has entered service before the 19th August, 1976] may, however, opt to subscribe for a policy in the Official Branch of the State Life Insurance instead of the Provident Fund.

2[Note 2.- Officers who are subscribers to the Family Benefit Scheme, going on deputation/foreign service shall continue to subscribe to the Family Benefit Scheme and they themselves shall arrange for effecting recovery and remittance of the amount from their pay.] 

S.¹[Rule 22A

Any person who enters Government service on or after the 19th August 1976 and has not crossed the age of 50 years, shall within a period of ²[one month] from the date of such entry in Government service, subscribe to a policy in the official branch of the State Life Insurance at such rate as may be determined by the Government from time to time and shall continue to subscribe till he ceases to be in Government service.]

Note.- When an employee crosses one pay range to the next higher range, he shall take additional policy within 2 years of his coming to the next higher pay range. But this condition shall not apply to an employee who has attained the age of 45 years at the time of crossing over to the next higher range.

S.¹[Rule 22B

Any person who enters Government service on or after the 1st day of September, 1984 and has not crossed the age of 50 years, shall within a period of one year from the date of entry in service enrol as a member of Group Insurance Scheme and subscribe to the scheme at such rate as may be determined by Government from time to time and shall continue to subscribe till he ceases to be in Government service.]

²[Note.- Officers who are subscribers to the Group Insurance Scheme going on deputation/foreign service shall continue to subscribe to the Scheme and they shall arrange for effecting recovery and remittance of the amount from their pay.]

S.¹[Rule 22C

An officer, who wishes to get his prior service, whether provisional or regular, in any department/institution, counted for any service benefit on entering Government service, shall apply for the same before the Competent Authority/Government within a period of five years of the date of his entry in Government service. Under no circumstances, such orders shall be issued by the Competent Authority/Head of Department/Government within a period less than five years before the date of retirement on superannuation:

Provided that an Officer who is already in service, shall be entitled to prefer such claim within two years from the date of effect of this rule, and in which case, the concerned Head of Department and Appointing Authority shall take a decision on the above claim within a period of three years from the date of receipt of the claim or within a period of two years before the date of retirement on superannuation of the officer, whichever is later:

Provided further t

S.Rule 23

(a) Subject to any exceptions specifically made in these rules, an Officer shall begin to draw the pay and allowances attached to his tenure of a post with effect from the date he assumes the duties of that post, and shall cease to draw them as soon as he ceases to discharge those duties. If the charge is transferred afternoon, the transfer does not affect pay and allowances until the next day.

1[Exception.- An Officer deputed for a course of instruction or training which is ordered to be treated as duty, if promoted to a higher post in the regular line during such course of instruction or training may draw the pay thereof, without joining it, the benefit of promotion being given from the date his junior assumes charge of the higher post.]

(b) If, however, the substantive appointment of an officer is changed while he is officiating in an appointment, or if, while so officiating, an Officer is appointed for the first time, to some substantive office, then, provid

S.Rule 24

¹[24. Unless the Government in view of the special circumstances of the case, otherwise determine, after five years' continuous absence from duty, an Officer shall be removed from service after following the procedure laid down in the Kerala Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1960] ²[except in cases covered by Rule 24A].

S.¹[Rule 24A

Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, if an Officer who availed himself of leave without allowances to take up employment abroad or within the country ²[or for joining spouse] for a total period of ⁴[five years], whether continuously or in broken periods, does not return to duty immediately on the expiry of the leave, his service shall be terminated after following the procedure laid down in the Kerala Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1960.

Note.- This rule shall have effect from the 16th day of December, 1983 and shall apply to all cases of grant of leave without allowances on or after that date, for taking up employment abroad or within the country, in extension of the, leave already granted or otherwise, and such leave granted before that date shall be reckoned for applying the ³[⁴[five years] limit.]

S.Rule 25

Except in the case of Personal Pay granted in the circumstances defined in Rule 12(26)(a), the pay of an Officer shall not be so increased as to exceed the pay sanctioned for his post without the sanction of Government.

S.Rule 26

When an officer is treated as on duty under Rule 12(7)(iii), the Government may, at their option, authorise payment to him of the pay of his substantive appointment or of any lower rate of pay which they may consider suitable, provided that the pay admissible may, if the Government so direct, be instead of either of the rates just specified, the pay of any officiating appointment which the Officer would have drawn but for undergoing such training, subject however to the condition that this rate of pay shall not be allowed for a period longer than that for which the Officer would have held the officiating appointment had he not been placed on such a course of training.

Note 1.- A reservist of the Defence Services in the employment of the State Government, when called up for periodical training, receives the pay and allowances to which he is entitled under the Defence Services. He will also receive the excess, if any, of his pay under the Government over the pay under De

S.Rule 27

Rules 28 to 37 apply to time-scales of pay generally. They do not, however, apply to any time-scale sanctioned by the Government in so far as they are inconsistent with terms specially so sanctioned for such time-scale.

S.Rule 28

The initial substantive pay of an Officer who is appointed substantively to a post on a time-scale of pay is regulated as follows:--

 If he holds a lien on a permanent post or would hold a lien on such a post had his lien not been suspended, he will draw as initial pay the stage of the time-scale next above his substantive pay in respect of the old post:

 ¹[Provided that except in cases of re-employment after resignation or removal or dismissal from public service, if he either has previously held substantively or officiated in (i) the same post, or (ii) a permanent or temporary post on the same time-scale, or (iii) a permanent post on an identical time-scale or a temporary post (including a post in a body, incorporated or not, which is wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Government) on an identical time-scale then the initial pay shall not, except in cases of reversion to the parent cadre governed by item (iii) above be less than th

S.¹[Rule 28A

Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, where an Officer holding a post in a substantive, temporary or officiating capacity is promoted or appointed in a substantive, temporary or officiating capacity to another post carrying a higher time- scale of pay, his initial pay in the higher time-scale of pay shall be fixed at the stage next above the pay notionally arrived at in the lower time-scale of pay by increasing the actual pay, drawn by him in the lower time-scale by one increment. ²[⁸[A refixation of pay will be allowed whenever there is a change of pay in the lower time-scale.]

The competent authority shall incorporate in the promotion order a provision to the effect that the officer shall exercise option within one month from the date of order of promotion or of taking charge in the promoted post whichever is later. The option under this rule shall be in ⁹[Form No. 18]]:

 Provided that the provisions of this rule sha

S.Rule 29

The initial substantive pay of an Officer who is appointed substantively to a post on a time-scale of pay which has been reduced for reasons other than a diminution in the duties or responsibilities attached to posts thereon and who is not entitled to draw pay on the time-scale as it stood prior to reduction, is regulated by Rule 28.

S.Rule 30

The holder of a post, the pay of which is changed, shall be treated as if he were transferred to a new post on the new pay; provided that he may at his option retain his old pay until the date on which he has earned his next or any subsequent increment in the old scale, or until he vacates his post or ceases to draw pay in that time-scale. The option once exercised is final.

Note 1.- This rule applies to an officiating holder of a post as well. But any break in the officiating period such as that due to transfer to another post, or non-employment would operate as vacating of the post and the pay during a subsequent officiating period in the same post will be fixed only as if the officer was then appointed to the new scale of pay. 'The holder of a post' occurring in this rule applies also to a person who is not actually holding the post, the pay of which is changed, provided he has a lien or a suspended lien on that post.

The words 'his old pay' in the proviso of

S.Rule 31

An increment shall ordinarily be drawn as a matter of course unless it is withheld. An increment may be withheld from an officer by the Government or by any authority to whom the Government may delegate this power under rule 9 if his conduct has not been good or his work has not been satisfactory. In ordering the withholding of the increment, the withholding authority shall state the period for which it is withheld and whether the postponement shall have the effect of postponing future increments.

[Note 1.- An officer shall not be eligible for an increment unless he has acquired the obligatory departmental test qualifications, if any, prescribed by Government from time to time to earn the increment.]

 This amendment shall be deemed to have come to force with effect from 1st November, 1959. [G.O. (P) 518/63/Fin., dated 6th September 1963].

[Note 2.- A Competent Authority may order the deferring of the increment of an officer, pending investigat

S.Rule 32

Where an efficiency bar is prescribed in a time-scale, the increment next above the bar shall not be given to an officer without the specific sanction of the authority empowered to withhold increments.

Note 1.- On each occasion on which an officer is allowed to pass an efficiency bar which had previously been enforced against him, he should come over to the time-scale at such stage as the authority competent to declare the bar removed, may fix for him, subject to the pay admissible according to his length of service.

Note 2.- The cases of all officers held up at an efficiency bar should be reviewed annually with a view to determine whether the quality of their work has improved and generally, whether the defects for which they were stopped at the bar have been remedied, to an extent sufficient to warrant the removal of the bar.

S.Rule 33

The following provisions prescribe the conditions on which service counts for increments in time-scale:--

 (a)  All duty in a post on a time-scale counts for increments in that time-scale. 

RULING
Periods of service in a post on a time-scale at the same stage of pay only will count for increment in that time-scale.

The above ruling will be deemed to have come into force with effect from 1st November 1959. ⁽[G.O. (P) 235/80/Fin., dated 7th April 1980]).
 
 [(b)  (1) Service in another post other than a post carrying less pay referred to in clause (a) of Rule 21, whether in a substantive or officiating capacity, service on deputation and ¹[leave except leave without allowances taken otherwise than on Medical Certificate] shall count for increments in the time-scale applicable to the post on which the officer holds a lien as well as in the time-scale applicable to the post or posts, if any, on whi

S.¹[Rule 33A

The candidates appointed against supernumerary posts created under G O (Ms) No. 174/2012/GAD dated 6th July 2012 for appointment under the Compassionate Employment Scheme shall be granted annual increments, with effect from the first day of the month in which they complete one year duty reckoned with effect from the date of joining in the supernumerary post, subject to satisfaction of the conditions under rule 33. Their pay on regularisation shall be fixed at the same stage as drawn immediately before regularisation. Their subsequent increments shall be regulated as follows:

(i) Where the period of probation is two years, the next two increments after regularisation shall be drawn on the normal increment date and the third increment shall also be drawn on the normal date provided that probation is declared before that date. In the event of declaration of probation after the normal date of increment, the third increment shall be drawn only with effect from the date of effect o

S.Rule 34

The Government may grant a premature increment to an officer on a time-scale of pay.

Note.- In the case of increments granted in advance, it is usually the intention that the officer should be entitled to increments in the same manner as if he had reached his position in the scale in the ordinary course and in the absence of special orders to the contrary he should be placed on exactly the same footing, as regards future increments as an officer who has so risen.

GOVERNMENT DECISION NO. 1

In rule 34 of Kerala Service Rules, Part I, it is laid down that Government may grant a premature increment to an officer on a time-scale of pay without prejudice to his normal increment. At present there is no ruling or Government decision as to the circumstances under which the rule regarding the grant of advance increments could be invoked in individual cases.

 2.  Good Service Entries and Incentive Awards are possible variants to advance incr

S.Rule 35

The authority which orders the transfer of an officer as a penalty from a higher to a lower grade or post may allow him to draw any pay, not exceeding the maximum of the lower grade or post which it may think proper:

¹[Provided that the pay allowed under this rule shall not exceed the pay which he would have drawn under Rule 28 read with clause (b) or clause (c) as the case may be, of Rule 33.]

S.Rule 36

If an officer is, on account of misconduct or inefficiency, reduced to a lower grade or post or to a lower stage in his time-scale, the authority ordering such reduction shall state the period for which it shall be effective and whether on restoration, it shall operate to postpone future increments, and, if so, to what extent.

RULING

1.  Every order passed by a competent authority imposing on a Government servant the penalty of reduction to a lower stage in a time-scale should indicate:--

  (i)  The date from which it will take effect and the period (in terms of years and months) for which the penalty shall be operative.

  (ii)  The stage in the time-scale (in terms of rupees) to which the Government servant is reduced, in the following form:--

 "The.....................................has decided that Sri.........................should be reduced to a pay of Rs.................for a period of........

S.Rule 37

(a) Subject to the provisions of Rules 33(c) and 39, an officer holding a permanent or officiating post, if appointed to officiate on a higher time-scale of pay, will draw as initial pay the stage next above his pay in the lower time-scale irrespective of whether the pay in the lower time-scale is a stage in the higher time-scale or not. ¹[A refixation will be allowed whenever there is a change of pay in the lower time-scale, i.e., when his pay therein becomes equal to or greater than the pay which he draws in the higher time-scale.]

 This amendment shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 16th June, 1966.

 ⁶[(b) In the case of officiating appointments from a higher time scale of pay to a lower time scale of pay, by direct recruitment, the officer's officiating pay in the lower time scale shall be fixed at the minimum of the scale of pay of the new post without considering his pay in the higher time scale except in the ca

S.¹[Rule 37A

Notwithstanding the provisions contained in these rules, the pay of a Government servant whose promotion or appointment to a post is found to be or to have been erroneous, shall be regulated in accordance with any general or special orders issued by the Government in this behalf.]

 GOVERNMENT DECISION

 The following provisions shall govern the pay and increments of a Government servant whose promotion or appointment in a substantive or officiating capacity to a post is later found to be erroneous on the basis of facts:--

 1.  The orders of promotion or appointment of a Government servant should be cancelled as soon as it is brought to the notice of the appointing authority that such a promotion or appointment has resulted from a factual error and the Government servant concerned should, immediately on such cancellation, be brought to the position which he would have held but for the incorrect order of promotion or appointment.

S.¹[Rule 37B

(a) A Probationer in any service shall draw initial pay as follows:--

  (i)  while undergoing a course of instruction or training the pay, if any, specified in the 'Special Rules' in that behalf or by special orders of Government, and the time-scale of the probation post.

  (ii) after completion of the course of instruction or training and when there is no course of instruction or training, the minimum of the time-scale of the probation post.

 (b) (i)  A probationer whose period of probation is two years and whose increment is annual shall be entitled to draw the first increment in the time-scale of the probation post after putting in the service required to earn an increment. The second increment shall be drawn only with effect from the date from which he is declared (ii) after completion of the course of instruction or training and when there is no course of instruction or training, the minimum of to have completed his probat

S.Rule 38

When an officer officiates in a post, the pay of which has been fixed at a rate personal to another officer the Government may permit him to draw pay at any rate not exceeding the rate so fixed or, if the rate so fixed be a time-scale, may grant him initial pay not exceeding the lowest stage of that time-scale and future increments not exceeding those of the sanctioned scale.

S.Rule 39

The Government may in individual cases fix by special order the pay of an officiating officer at an amount less than that admissible under these rules.

S.Rule 40

The Government may issue general or special orders allowing acting promotions to be made in place of officers who are treated as on duty under Rule 12(7)(iii).

Note.- Acting arrangements may be allowed by Competent Authority if the period of training of an officer is one month or more. If it is less than a month, no arrangements can be made except under the special sanction of Government.

GOVERNMENT DECISION
In the case of deputation of a Government servant for training or a course of instruction which is treated as duty under rule 12 (7) (iii). Part I, Kerala Service Rules it is not necessary to create a new post in order to accommodate him during such training or course of instruction, since the very order sanctioning the deputation for training would be a sanction in this behalf.

 This Government Decision shall be deemed to have take with effect from 2nd September 1964. ⁽[G.O. (P) 632/64/Fin., dated 2nd September 1964]).

S.Rule 41 Personal Pay.--

Except when otherwise ordered by Government personal pay shall be reduced by any amount by which the recipient's pay may be increased and shall cease as soon as his pay is increased by an amount equal to his personal pay.

S.Rule 42 Pay of temporary posts.--

When a temporary post is created which may have to be filled by a person not already in Government service, the pay of the post shall be fixed with reference to the minimum that is necessary to secure the services of a person capable of discharging efficiently the duties of the post.

S.Rule 43

When a temporary post is created which will probably be filled by a person who is already in the service of Government its pay should be fixed with due regard to --

 (a)  the character and responsibility of the work to be performed, and

 (b)  the existing pay of officers of a status sufficient to warrant their selection for the post.

Note.- Temporary posts which by this criterion should be considered as temporary additions to the cadre of a service should be created in the time-scale of the service ordinarily without extra-remuneration. Incumbents of these posts will therefore draw their ordinary time-scale of pay. If the posts involve decided increases in work and responsibility in comparison with the duties of the parent cadre generally, it may be necessary to sanction a special pay in addition.

S.Rule 44 Compensatory Allowances.--

Subject to the general rule that the amount of a compensatory allowances should be so regulated that the allowance is not on the whole a source of profit to the recipient the Government may grant such allowances to any officer under its control and may make rules prescribing their amounts and the conditions under which they may be drawn. (For rules made under the above rule see Appendix IV).

1[I. Unless otherwise ordered by Government, a compensatory allowance shall ordinarily, be drawn only by a Government servant actually on duty, but the Authority Competent to sanction leave may in writing permit it to be drawn by the officer on earned leave, if the whole or a considerable part of the expense to meet which the allowance was granted continues to be incurred by him during the leave :

 Provided the Government servant certifies that, he continued for the period for which the allowance is claimed, to incur the whole or a considerable part of the expense for w

S.Rule 45

The Government may make rules or issue orders laying down the principles governing the allotment to officers, for use by them as residences, of such buildings owned or leased by it, or such portions thereof, as the Government may make available for the purpose. Such rules or orders may lay down different principles for observance in different localities or in respect of different classes or residence, and may prescribe the circumstances in which such an officer shall be considered to be in occupation of a residence.

S.Rule 46 Fees.--

The Government may permit an officer, if it be satisfied that this can be done without detriment to his official duties or responsibilities, to perform a specified service or series of services for a private person or body or for a public body including a body administering a local fund or for another Government and to receive as remuneration therefor, if the service be material, a non-recurring or recurring fee.

Note.- This rule does not apply to the acceptance of fees from private persons by Medical Officers in Government employ for professional attendance which is regulated by separate orders of Government.

S.Rule 47

No officer may undertake work for another Government, or a private or public body or a private person, or accept a fee therefor, without the sanction of the Government.

Note.- Heads of Departments, while forwarding their recommendations in such cases shall unless, the officer is on leave, specifically state whether the work can be undertaken by the officer concerned, without detriment to his official duties and responsibilities.

GOVERNMENT DECISION

In respect of examinations conducted by the Education Department, the Public Service Commission, the University, etc., it is not necessary to accord individual sanction for acceptance of remuneration in every case of Government servant undertaking such work. Any officer of Government, who is called upon to undertake work in connection with the examination, conducted by the following examining bodies, will be permitted to accept such assignment and the remuneration therefor with effect from 1st November

S.¹[Rule 48

Unless the Government by special order otherwise direct, one-third of any non-recurring fee exceeding ^*[Rs.2,000] or one third of any recurring fee exceeding ^*[Rs.1,250] a year, paid to an officer, shall be credited to the General Revenues.

Note 1.- If any fee to which this rule applies exceeds ^*[Rs.2,000] non-recurring or ^*[Rs.1,250] a year recurring one-third of the total amount payable should be credited to the General Revenues, provided that the amount retained by the officer concerned will not, merely owing to the operation of this rule, be reduced below ^*[Rs.2,000], if non-recurring or ^*[Rs.1,250] a year if recurring.

 Non-recurring and recurring fees should be dealt with separately and should not be added for the purpose of crediting one-third to General Revenues under this rule. In the case of the former, the limit of ^*[Rs.2,000] prescribed in this rule should be applied in

S.Rule 49 Honoraria.--

as remuneration for work performed which is occasional in chThe Government may grant or permit an officer to receive an honorarium aracter and either so laborious or of such special merit as to justify a special reward. Except when special reasons, which should be recorded in writing exist, for a departure from this provision, sanction to the grant or acceptance of an honorarium should not be given unless the work has been undertaken with the prior consent of the Government and its amount has been settled in advance.

GOVERNMENT DECISION NO. 1

The following allowances will be classified as honoraria under this rule:--

 1.  Overtime Allowance.

 2.  Allowance given to Wardens and Assistant Wardens of Hostels. ⁽[G.O. (P) 576/63/Fin., dt. 7th November 1963]).

GOVERNMENT DECISION NO. 2

When State Government Officers required to attend the meetings of the Interview Board of the Kerala Public Service Co

S.Rule 50 Fees and Honoraria.--

In the case of both fees and honoraria the Sanctioning Authority shall record in writing that due regard has been paid to the general principle enunciated in rule 14 and shall record also the reasons which in his opinion justify the grant of the extra remuneration.

S.Rule 51

Any officer is eligible to receive without special permission.--

 (a)  the premium awarded for ah essay or plan in public competition;

 (b)  any reward offered for the arrest of a criminal or for information or special service in connection with the administration of justice;

 (c)  any reward payable in accordance with the provisions of any Act or Regulation or Rules framed thereunder;

 (d)  any reward sanctioned for services in connection with the administration of the Customs and Excise Laws;

 (e)  any fees payable to an officer for the duties which he is required to perform in his official capacity under any special law or by order of Government; and

 (f)  any remuneration paid by the All India Radio for professional performances in its programmes, such as music drama and the like.

 Note.- Sanction of the authorities mentioned below is, however, necessary for a

S.Rule 52

An officer whose duties involve the carrying out of scientific or technical research shall not apply for or obtain, or cause or permit any other person to apply for or obtain, a patent for an invention made by such officer save with the permission of the Government and in accordance with such conditions as the Government may impose.

S.Rule 53

(a) A Competent Authority may appoint an officer to hold substantively or to officiate in two or more independent posts at one time.

 **(b)  The Competent Authority who appoints an officer to hold or officiate in a second post in addition to his own, will declare whether he officiates in or holds full charge of the additional post or is appointed merely to discharge the current duties. It should also specify in each case the amount of ¹[special allowances], if any, to be granted, the amount being subject to the following limits:--

 **(1) If an officer is appointed to officiate in a second post and to hold in addition full charge of his own post, he may be allowed to draw the highest pay to which he would be entitled if his appointment to one of the posts stood alone and in addition special allowance which should not exceed ²[[4 per cent of the minimum of the scale of pay of other post with effect from 1st day of February, 2016.]. Th

S.¹[Rule 53A

The posts in respect of which additional charge arrangements may be ordered shall be as classified below:--

(I) Posts not in the same office, establishment or line of promotion or cadre.-- Where the duties and responsibilities are clearly independent and are eligible for ⁴[special allowance], e.g., Labour Commissioner, holding charge of the post of Registrar of Co-operative Societies and Joint Secretary to Government holding charge of the post of a Head of Department.

(II) Posts in the same office, establishment or line of promotion or cadre.-- Cases of this nature shall further be divided as follows:--

 (a)  When the additional post is subordinate to the regular post, ⁴[special allowance] shall not be admissible, e.g., Superintendent of Police holding charge of the post of Assistant Superintendent of Police or Deputy Superintendent of Police and District Collector holding the charge of the post of Revenue Divisional

S.Rule 54

The pay and allowances of an officer who is dismissed or removed from service cease from the date of such dismissal or removal.

S.¹[Rule 55

An Officer under suspension or deemed to have been placed under suspension by an order of the Appointing Authority is entitled to the following payments:--]

²[x x x x] subsistence allowance at an amount equal to ³[the leave salary which the officer would have drawn had he been on leave on half-pay] on the date of suspension; but the benefit of any increase in pay due to increment falling due during the period of suspension will not be admissible during the period, and

²[x x x x].

 In addition, he may be granted to such extent and subject to such conditions as the authority ordering his suspension may direct--

 (i)  Dearness Allowance and Dearness Pay not exceeding the amount admissible as such had he been on leave on leave salary equal to the rate of Subsistence Allowance payable from time to time.

 (ii)  Any other Compensatory Allowance to which he was in receipt on the date of suspension.

S.Rule 55A

¹[x x x x]

S.¹[Rule 55B

(i). Notwithstanding anything contained in Rule 55, when an officer is placed under suspension while on leave without allowances, he shall not be eligible for any Subsistence Allowance during the period of the leave. On the expiry of the leave if he continues to be on suspension, he shall be entitled to the subsistence allowance. If he is re-instated before the expiry of the leave, he shall continue to be on leave till its expiry, unless the officer otherwise desires.

 (ii). In the case of an officer on leave with allowances, the orders of suspension shall have the effect of cancelling the leave for the period of suspension. He shall be entitled to Subsistence Allowance.]

S.Rule 56

(1) When an officer who has been dismissed, removed or compulsorily retired including an officer who has been compulsorily retired under rule 60A, is reinstated as a result of appeal or review or would have been so re-instated, but for his retirement on superannuation while under suspension or not, the authority competent to order reinstatement shall consider and make a specific order--

  (a) regarding the pay and allowances to be paid to the officer for the period of his absence from duty including the period of suspension preceding his dismissal, removal, or compulsory retirement, as the case may be,

  (b) whether or not the said period shall be treated as a period spent on duty; and

  (c) in the case of an officer who was compulsorily retired under Rule 60A and subsequently reinstated, for the recovery of the relevant benefits, if any, already paid to him.

 (2)  Where the authority competent to order reinstatemen

S.¹[Rule 56A

(1) Where the dismissal, removal or compulsory retirement of an officer is set aside by a Court of Law and such officer is reinstated without holding any further inquiry the period of absence from duty shall be regularised and the officer shall be paid pay and allowances in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (2) or sub-rule (3) subject to the directions, if any, of the Court.

 (2) Where the dismissal, removal or compulsory retirement of an officer is set aside by the court solely on the ground of non-compliance with the requirements of clause (2) of Article 311 of the Constitution, and where he is not exonerated on merits, the pay and allowances to be paid to the officer for the period intervening between the date of dismissal, removal or compulsory retirement including the period of suspension preceding such dismissal, removal or compulsory retirement, as the case may be, and the date of reinstatement shall be determined by the Competent Authority and the said p

S.Rule 56B

(1) When an officer who has been suspended is reinstated or would have been so reinstated but for his retirement on superannuation while under suspension, or has retired from service on superannuation before the conclusion of the disciplinary proceedings against him the Authority Competent to order reinstatement shall consider and make a specific order.

 (a) regarding the pay. and allowances to be paid to the officer for the period of suspension ending with reinstatement or the date of his retirement on superannuation, as the case may be; and

 (b) whether or not the said period shall be treated as a period spent on duty.

 (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 55, where an officer under suspension dies before the disciplinary, or court proceedings instituted against him are concluded, the period between the date of suspension and the date of death shall be treated as duty for all purposes and his family shall be paid the full pay and allow

S.Rule 57

An officer who is detained in custody, whether on a criminal charge or otherwise, for a period exceeding forty-eight hours, or is undergoing imprisonment, shall be deemed to be under suspension with effect from the date of commencement of the detention or imprisonment, as the case may be, and shall not be allowed to draw any pay and allowances during such period of suspension other than any subsistence allowance and other allowances that may be granted in accordance with Rule 55, until he is reinstated in service. An adjustment of his pay and allowances for such periods should thereafter be made according to the circumstances of the case, the full amount being given only in the event of the officer being acquitted of blame or (if the proceedings taken against him were for his arrest for debt) of its being provided that the officer's liability arose from circumstances beyond his control.

 This amendment shall take effect from 4th May 1967. [G. O. (P) 266/67/Fin., dated 6t

S.Rule 58

[An officer against whom a criminal charge or a proceeding for arrest for debt is [pending in a court of law] should also be placed under suspension by the issue of specific orders to this effect during periods when he is not actually detained in custody or imprisoned (e.g., whilst released on bail) if the charge made or proceeding taken against him is connected with his position as an officer or is likely to embarrass him in the discharge of his duties as such or [involves moral turpitude unless there are exceptional reasons for not adopting this course.] In regard to his pay and allowances the provisions of the rules above shall apply. [G. O. (P) 266/67/Fin., dated 6th July 1967].

S.Rule 59

Leave may not be granted to an officer under suspension.

S.Rule 60

¹[(a) Except as otherwise provided in these rules the date of compulsory retirement of an officer shall take effect from the afternoon of the last day of the month in which he attains the age of 55 years. He may be retained after this date only with the sanction of Government on public grounds which must be recorded in writing, but he must not be retained after the age of 60 years except in very special circumstances.]

 ²[aa) An Officer in Kerala Judicial Service or the Kerala State Higher Judicial Service shall ordinarily retire when he attains the age of 60 years; but he shall have the option to retire when he attains the age of 58 years. His continuance in service beyond the age of 58 years shall however be subject to review by the High Court as per the provisions of the Kerala Judicial Service Rules and the Kerala State Higher Judicial Service Rules.]

 ¹⁸[(ab) A person appointed as Industrial Tribunal shall retire on supe

S.Rule 60A

¹[60A. x x x x]*]

S.SECTION II GENERAL CONDITIONS

S.SECTION III GRANT OF LEAVE

S.SECTION IV COMMUTATION OF LEAVE WITH RETROSPECTIVE EFFECT

S.SECTION V LEAVE SALARY

S.SECTION VI OVERSTAYAL

S.SECTION VII SPECIAL DISABILITY LEAVE

S.SECTION VIII STUDY LEAVE

S.SECTION IX MATERNITY LEAVE

S.¹[SECTION IX A CHILD ADOPTION LEAVE

S.¹[SECTION IX B PATERNITY LEAVE

S.¹[SECTION IX C LEAVE CONNECTED TO INQUIRY INTO SEXUAL HARASSMENT

S.SECTION X HOSPITAL LEAVE

S.SECTION XI LEAVE TO PART-TIME OFFICERS

S.¹[SECTION XIA LEAVE TO RADIATION WORKERS

S.¹[SECTION XIB LEAVE FOR TAKING UP EMPLOYMENT ABROAD OR WITHIN INDIA

S.¹[SECTION XIC LEAVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDY FOR THOSE INELIGIBLE FOR LEAVE UNDER RULE 88 OR RULE 91 OF PART I

S.¹[SECTION XID LEAVE FOR JOINING SPOUSE

S.SECTION XII CASUAL LEAVE

S.SECTION XIII PROCEDURE RELATING TO LEAVE

S.Rule 125

Joining time may be granted to an officer to enable him --

(a) to join a new post to which he is appointed while on duty in his old post; or

(b) to join a new post,--

(i) on return from earned leave;

(ii) when he has not had sufficient notice of his appointment to the new post, on return from leave other than that specified in sub-clause (i).

Note 1.- An officer deputed for training will be allowed for the onward and return journeys, the time actually required for the journeys, by the usual mode of conveyance, between the place of training and the station from/to which he proceeds, and the time so taken will be treated as part of deputation period for training.

1[Note 2.- Probationers and approved probationers in one service (including other officiating officers for whom no probation has been prescribed) when appointed to the same or another service by direct recruitment shall be allowed the minimum joining time (i.e., actual j

S.Rule 126

Not more than one day is allowed to an officer in order to join a new post when the appointment to such post does not necessarily involve a change of residence from one station to another. A holiday or Sunday counts as a day for the purpose of this rule. No joining time is admissible in cases where the change of post does not involve an actual change of office.

Note.- A transfer shall be held to involve a change of station only if the distance between the two places is not less than eight kilometres.

S.¹[Rule 126A

When holiday(s) follow(s) joining time, the normal Joining time may be deemed to have been extended to cover such holiday(s).]

RULING
 When officers are transferred while on leave, joining time need be reckoned only from the date following the holiday(s), if any, suffixed to leave with the permission of the leave sanctioning authority unless otherwise directed in the transfer order. [G. O. (P) 38/73/Fin., dated 5th February 1973].

S.Rule 127

The joining time of an officer, in cases involving a transfer from one station to another, is subject to a maximum of 30 days. Six days are allowed for preparation and, in addition, a period to cover the actual journey calculated as follows:--

S.Rule 128

Except in the case of a journey performed by air, by whatever route an officer actually travels, his joining time shall, unless a competent authority for special reasons otherwise orders, be calculated by the route which travellers ordinarily use.

GOVERNMENT DECISION
Except in cases of journeys performed by air, which will be covered by the provisions in sub-rule (a) of rule 127, the entitlement to joining time of a Government servant, in cases where his old headquarters and new headquarters are connected by railway, should be calculated as admissible for a journey by railway. [G.O. (P) 52/66/Fin., dated 14th February, 1966].

S.Rule 129

If an officer is authorised to make over charge of a post elsewhere than at its headquarters, his joining time shall be calculated from the place at which he makes over charge.

S.Rule 130

If an officer is appointed to a new post while in transit from one post to another, his joining time begins on the day following that on which he receives the order of appointment.

Note. - A second period of 6 days for preparation should not be allowed in calculating the joining time of an officer who is appointed to a new post, while in transit from one post to another.

GOVERNMENT DECISION
In the case of a Government servant who is transferred from one post to another but whose transfer is subsequently cancelled after he has handed over charge of his old post but before he could take charge of the new post, the period intervening between the date of handing over charge of the old post and taking over the same later on account of cancellation of transfer orders, should be treated as joining time, subject to the provisions of rule 130 and the Note thereunder. [G.O. (P) 461/68/Fin., dated 24th August 1968].

S.Rule 131

If a Government servant takes leave while in transit from one post to another, the period which has elapsed since he handed over charge of his old post must be included in his leave. On the expiry of the leave, the Government servant may be allowed normal joining time.

S.Rule 132

If an officer is appointed to a new post while on earned leave he is entitled to joining time calculated from his old station in addition to the earned leave. Should the officer join the new appointment before the expiry of leave plus joining time admissible, the period short taken should be considered as leave not enjoyed and a corresponding portion of the leave sanctioned should be cancelled without any reference to the authority which granted the leave. When vacation or holidays immediately preceding vacation begin, during or immediately after the expiry of joining time admissible to an officer or when an officer is transferred during vacation, he may be allowed to join at the end of the vacation.

S.Rule 133

The Government may in any case extend the joining time admissible under these rules, provided that the general spirit of the rules, is observed. 

S.Rule 134

Within the prescribed maximum of 30 days, the Government may, on such conditions as it thinks fit, grant to an officer a longer period of joining time than is admissible under the rules in the following circumstances:--

(a) when the officer has been unable to use the ordinary mode of travelling or, notwithstanding due diligence on his part, has spent more time on the journey than is allowed by the rules; or

(b) when such extension is considered necessary for the public convenience or for the saving of such public expenditure as is caused by unnecessary or purely formal transfers; or

(c) when the rules have in any particular case operated harshly; as for example, when an officer has, through no fault on his part missed a steamer or fallen sick on the journey.

S.¹[Rule 136

A Government servant on joining time shall be regarded as on duty during that period and shall be entitled to be paid joining time pay equal to the pay which was drawn before relinquishment of charge in the old post. He shall also be entitled to Dearness Allowance, if any, appropriate to the joining time pay. In addition, he can also draw compensatory allowances, and house rent allowance as applicable to the old station from which he was transferred. He shall not be allowed Conveyance Allowance or Permanent Travelling Allowance.

Note.- An Officer on transfer is not entitled for joining time unless his transfer is made in the public interest. However, in cases of transfers on request, an Officer shall be paid joining time pay and allowances at the rate admissible under this rule for the period spent in travelling to join the new post and if he could not take charge of the new post on the day on which he is to join consequent on that day being declared a holiday, then, f

S.Rule 137

An officer who does not join his post within his joining time, is entitled to no pay or leave salary after the end of the joining time. Wilful absence from duty after the expiry of joining time may be treated as misbehaviour for the purpose of rule 21.

GOVERNMENT DECISION
The period of overstayal of joining time of an officer may be regularised by granting eligible leave under rule 131, Part I, Kerala Service Rules and the joining time pay regulated under rule 136 (b) ibid.

S.Rule 138

A person, in employment other than Government service or on leave granted from such employment, if in the interests of Government, is appointed to a post under the Government may, at the discretion of Government, be treated as on joining time while he prepares for and makes the journey to join the post under Government and while he prepares for and makes the journey on reversion from the post under Government to return to his original employment. During such joining time he shall receive pay equal to the pay, or in the case of joining time immediately following leave granted from the private employment, to the leave salary paid to him by his private employer prior to appointment to Government service, or pay equal to the pay of the post in Government service, whichever is less.

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