RBE No. 34/2016: Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act – Declarations of Assets and Liabilities
No.E(D&A)2014 GS1-2, dated 12.04.2016
Sub: The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 – Submission of declarations of assets and liabilities by the Railway Servant.
1. Attention is invited to Ministry of Railway’s letter of even number dated 12.10.2015 (RBE No. 126/2015), whereby Department of Personnel and Training’s O.M. No.407/12/2014-AVD-IV(B), dated 11.10.2015 was circulated, extending the last date for filing the returns under the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Rules, 2014, to 15.04.2016. This date was further reiterated vide this Ministry’s letter of even no. dated 05.04.2016 (RBE No. 30/2016).
2. In this regard, the Department of Personnel and Training has amended the aforesaid rules to extend the last date for filing of returns from 15.04.2016 to 31.07.2016, vide their notification No.G.S.R.414(E), dated 11.04.2016. A copy of the aforesaid notification is enclosed.
3. Railways etc. may ensure that all officers and staff in their organization file the said declarations/ returns in the prescribed proforma within the revised time limits.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
F.No.407/12/2014-AVD-IV(B), dated 11.04.2016
G.S.R.414(E) – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (k) and clause (m) of sub-section (2) of section 59 read with section 44 of the Lokpal & Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Rules, 2014, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Amendment Rules, 2016.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Rules, 2014, in rule 3, in sub-rule (2);
(a) in the first proviso, for the words and figures ‘on or before the 15th day of April, 2016’ the words and figures ‘on or before the 31st day of July, 2016’ shall be substituted.
(b) in the second proviso, for the words and figures, ‘on or before the 15th day of April, 2016’, the words and figures ‘on or before the 31st day of July, 2016’ shall be substituted.
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 34/2016
Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.