RBE No. 36/2001: Inquiry Officer – Status of

No.E(D&A)2000 RG 6-24, dated 20.02.2001

Sub:     Status of the Inquiry Officer.

1.     Attention of the Railways is invited to the instructions contained in Boards letter No.E(D&A)71 RG 6-4, dated 27.02.1971. It has been laid down therein that the departmental enquiry should be conducted by an officer who is sufficiently senior to the officer whose conduct is being inquired into.

2.     The matter has been examined further in consultation with the DOP&T and the Ministry of Law and it is clarified that the departmental enquiry conducted by a CDI of the CVC is excluded from the scope of the above instructions. The status of a CDI of the CVC vis-à-vis the charged official is not material because he belongs to an independent organization outside the department of the charged official and cannot, therefore, be suspected of having any bias in the case.

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