RBE No. 15/2003: Railway Servants (Discipline And Appeal) Rules

Item 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

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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/ Research, Design and Standards Organization, Director General/ 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/ Research, Design and Standards Organization, director General/ 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.

Note 1:-

Disciplinary powers of Principal Heads of Departments under this Schedule 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 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.