RULES FOR CIVIL SERVANTS

May 29, 2022

Senior IAS officers Sanjeev Khirwar and his wife Rinku Dugga were transferred from their posts in Delhi to two different places, after a picture of the couple was published along with their dog walking on the tracks of Thyagraj Stadium at a time when young athletes should have been practising on it.

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The three All India Services (IAS, IPS, Indian Forest Service) are governed by the All India Service Conduct Rules, 1968.
There are 23 Rules in all, which have been amended 37 times since they were first notified.
The other civil services are governed by the Central Civil Services (CCS) Conduct Rules, 1964, which comprise 25 Rules which have seen 44 amendments so far.
The overarching Rule for civil servants is: “Every member of the Service shall at all times maintain absolute integrity and devotion to duty and shall do nothing which is unbecoming of a member of the Service".

Source : Indian Express