RBE No. 12/1985: Revision Under Rule 25 – Railway Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules

No.E(D&A)84 RG6-44, dated 08.01.1985

Sub: Revision under Rule 25 of Railway Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1968.

1. Attention is invited to Board’s letter No.E(D&A)80 RG6-59, dated 01.08.1983 in which it was mentioned that Rule 25 of the Railway Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1968, does not provide for a right, as such, to the affected employee to seek conduct of a review (now revision) of the decision of the appellate authorities in disciplinary cases and that the practice of conducting automatic review on the basis of representations by the employees should be discontinued forthwith.

2. In a recent PNM meeting, the NFIR have represented against the above instructions.

3. The question has been examined taking into account the position obtaining in other Civil departments governed by the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 and it is decided that revision applications, made after exhausting the avenue of appeal or, where no appeal is preferred, after the expiry of the period of limitation for an appeal, should be dealt with in the same manner as if it were an appeal under the said Rules provided the application for revision is otherwise in order.

4. This does not debar suo-moto revision in appropriate cases.