RBE No. 255/2004: Railway Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules

No.E(D&A)2003/RG 6-33, dated 10.12.2004

Sub: The Railway Servants (Discipline And Appeal) (Second Amendment) Rules, 2004.       

GSR ……… In exercise of the powers conferred by 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) (Second Amendment) Rules, 2004

        (2)   They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 

2.     In rule 6 of the Railway Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1968, under the heading Minor Penalties, for clause (iii-b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-

“(iii-b) Reduction to lower stage in the time scale of pay by one stage for a period not exceeding three years, without cumulative effect and not adversely affecting his pension;”