Conduct Rule No.2: Definitions

2.   Definitions:-

In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires;

(a)   ‘Government’ means, in relation to:

(i)    ‘Gazetted Officers’ holding post in the Railway Board – The President,

(2)   ‘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’ – The General Managers of the Railway Administration concerned;

Provided that for purpose of Sub-rule (2) and (3) of Rule 5, Sub-rule (i) of Rule 8, Sub-rule (i) of Rule 10, Rule 12, Rule 14, Sub-rule (1) of Rule 15, Sub-rule (3) of Rule 16, Sub-rule (1) of Rule 19 and 21, ‘Government’ means the Railway Board in the case of all non-gazetted railway servants.

[Authority: RBE No.181/2006, No.E(D&A)2006/GS1-9, 01.12.2006, ACS No.101]

(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, organization or a local authority shall, for the purpose of these rules, be deemed to be a railway servant notwithstanding that his salary is drawn from the sources other than the Consolidated Fund Of India.

(c)   ‘Family’ means 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 the railway servant by a decree or order of a competent court;

(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 a 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.

[Authority: No.E(D&A)77 GS1-13, 14.07.1977]