D&A Rule No.8: Authority To Institute Proceedings

8.   Authority to Institute Proceedings:-

(1)   The President or any other authority empowered by him, by general or special order, may –

(a) Institute disciplinary proceedings against any Railway servant;

(b) Direct a disciplinary authority to institute disciplinary proceedings against any Railway servant on whom that disciplinary authority is competent to impose, under these rules, any of the penalties specified in Rule 6.

(2)   A disciplinary authority competent under these rules to impose any of the minor penalties specified in clauses (i) to (iv) of Rule 6 may, subject to the provisions of clause (c) of sub-rule (1) of Rule 2 institute disciplinary proceedings against any Railway servant for the imposition of any of the major penalties specified in clauses (v) to (ix) of Rule 6, notwithstanding that such disciplinary authority is not competent, under these rules, to impose any of the latter penalties.