RBE No. 281/1989: Railway Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules
No.E(D&A)88/RG6-38, dated 16.11.1989
Sub: Notification – Railway Servants (Discipline And Appeal) Amendment Rules, 1989.
GSR ………. In exercise of the powers conferred with the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Railway Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1968, namely:
1. (1) These rules may be called the Railway Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Amendment Rules, 1989.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Railway Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1968, in Schedule-I, for the existing entries under the heading ‘Railway Board’s Office’, the following entries shall be substituted namely:-
| Item No. | Class of Railway Servant | Authority empowered to place a Railway servant under suspension or to impose penalties | Nature of penalties which the authority in Column 3 is empowered to impose on railway servants mentioned in corresponding entries in Column 2 and powers of that authority to place them under suspension | Appellate Authority |
| 1 | All classes of non-gazetted Railway servants including Group ‘B’ (non-gazetted) Ministerial appointed upto 30.06.1988. | Secretary, Railway Board | All penalties specified in Rules 6 and suspension. | Railway Board |
| 2 | All classes of non-gazetted Railway servants including Group ‘B’ (non-gazetted) Ministerial appointed upto 30.06.1988. | Joint Secretary, Railway Board | All penalties specified in clauses (i) to (vi) of Rules 6 and suspension. | Secretary, Railway Board |
| 3 | All classes of non-gazetted Railway servants including Group ‘B’ (non-gazetted) Ministerial appointed on or after 01.07.1988. | Joint Secretary, Railway Board | All penalties specified in Rules 6 and suspension. | Secretary, Railway Board |
| 4 | Group ‘D’ staff appointed upto 30.06.1988. | Under Secretary, Railway Board | All penalties specified in clauses (i) to (iv) of Rules 6 and suspension. | Joint Secretary, Railway Board |
| 5 | Group ‘D’ staff appointed on or after 01.07.1988. | Under Secretary, Railway Board | All penalties specified in Rules 6 and suspension. | Joint Secretary, Railway Board |
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 281/1989
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