The Railway Servants (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1968: Schedule-III

The Railway Servants (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1968: Schedule-III

SCHEDULE III

[See rule 4 and sub-rule (2) of rule 7]

Sl. No. Class of Railway Servants Authority empowered to place a Railway Servant under suspension or to impose penalty and its nature.

 

Appellate Authority

 

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Railway Servants Group ‘A’ President – Full powers …………
Railway Board – Suspension and the penalties specified in Clauses (i) to (vi) of Rule 6. President
General Manager/Additional General Manager who has been ordered by the Competent Authority to look after the current duties of General Manager in the absence of a regularly posted General Manager, Director General/RDSO, Principal/ Railway Staff College, Chief Administrative Officers (having independent charge of their organizations) – Suspension and the penalties specified in clauses (i), (iii), (iii-a), (iii-b) and (iv) of Rule 6 in the case of Officers upto and including Selection Grade Officers of Junior Administrative Grade. President
Principal Heads of Departments – Suspension and the penalties specified in clauses (i), (iii), (iii-a), (iii-b) and (iv) of Rule 6 in the case of Officers in Junior Scale General Manager/ Additional General Manager who has been ordered by the Competent Authority to look after the current duties of General Manager in the absence of a regularly posted General Manager

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Railway Servants Group ‘B’ President – Full Powers

 

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Railway Board – Full Powers President
General Manager/Additional General Manager who has been ordered by the Competent Authority to look after the current duties of General Manager in the absence of a regularly posted General Manager, Director General/RDSO, Principal/ Railway Staff College, Chief Administrative Officers (having independent charge of their organizations) – Suspension and the penalties specified in clauses (i) to (vi) of Rule 6. Railway Board
Secretary, Railway Board – Suspension and the penalties specified in clauses (i), (iii), (iii-a), (iii-b) and (iv) of Rule 6 in the case of Group ‘B’ officers of the Railway Secretariat Service. Railway Board
Principal Heads of Departments – Suspension and the penalties specified in clauses (i), (iii), (iii-a), (iii-b) and (iv) of Rule 6. General Manager/ Additional General Manager who has been ordered by the Competent Authority to look after the current duties of General Manager in the absence of a regularly posted General Manager

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Railway Servants not classified either as Group ‘A’ or Group ‘B’ such as Temporary Assistant Officers. President – Full Powers

 

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Railway Board – Full Powers President
General Manager/Additional General Manager who has been ordered by the Competent Authority to look after the current duties of General Manager in the absence of a regularly posted General Manager, Director General/ RDSO, Principal/Railway Staff College, Chief

Administrative Officers (having independent charge of their organizations) – Suspension and the penalties specified in clauses (i), (iii), (iii-a), (iii-b) and (iv) of Rule 6.

Railway Board
Principal Heads of Departments – Suspension and the penalties specified in clauses (i), (iii), (iii-a), (iii-b) and (iv) of Rule 6. General Manager/Additional General Manager who has been ordered by the Competent Authority to look after the current duties of General Manager in the absence of a regularly posted General Manager

Note 1:-

Disciplinary powers of Principal Heads of Departments under this Schedule-III shall also be exercised by the coordinating Heads of Departments or Heads of Departments in Senior Administrative Grade who are in independent charge, in their respective departments in the Production Units viz., Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Chittaranjan, Diesel Components Works, Patiala, Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi, Integral Coach Factory, Perambur, Wheel and Axle Plant, Yelahanka (Bangalore) and Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala and in new Zonal Railways viz., East Coast Railway, Bhubaneshwar, East Central Railway, Hajipur, North Central Railway, Allahabad, North Western Railway, Jaipur, South Western Railway, Hubli, West Central Railway, Jabalpur and South East Central Railway, Bilaspur in respect of officers in Junior Scale and Group ‘B’ who are under their administrative control.

Note 2:-

Disciplinary powers of Principal Heads of Departments under this Schedule-III shall also be exercised by the Directors of Railway Training Institutes, namely, Director, Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune, Director, Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering, Nasik, Director, Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jamalpur, Director Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications, Secunderabad and Director, Indian Railways Centre for Advanced Maintenance Technology, Gwalior in respect of officers in Junior Scale and Group ‘B’ under their administrative control.

Note 3:-

Disciplinary powers of Principal Heads of Departments under this Schedule-III shall also be exercised by Senior Executive Directors and Executive Directors who are in independent charge, in Research, Designs and Standards Organization; Coordinating Heads of Departments in Senior Administrative Grade or by the Heads of Departments in Senior Administrative Grade who are in independent charge, in Metro Railway, Kolkata, Central Organization for Railway Electrification, Allahabad, Central Organization for Modernization of Workshops, New Delhi; and Chairmen of respective Railway Recruitment Boards, in respect of officers in Junior Scale and Group ‘B’ who are under their administrative control.

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