HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (GENERAL)RULES,2016

1 HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES ( general ) rules , 2016 (Amendments incorporated upto 4th December, 2017) GOVERNMENT OF HARYANA FINANCE DEPARTMENT HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES ( general ) rules , 2016 (Amendments incorporated upto 4th December, 2017) (DEFINITIONS, general CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, CLASSIFICATION OF SERVICES , CREATION OF POST, ii iii PREFACE to First Edition Article 309 of the Constitution of India provides that subject to the provisions of the Constitution, Acts of appropriate Legislature may regulate the recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to public SERVICES and posts in connection with the affairs of the State, and, until a provision in that behalf is made by or under an "Act" of the appropriate Legislature, such rules may be framed by the Governor of the State. 2. All the three Volumes of Punjab CIVIL SERVICES rules , to regulate the terms and conditions of SERVICES of the employees of State of HARYANA , which were in existence since re-organization of HARYANA State, 1st November, 1966 have been revised by the Governor of HARYANA in exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India in the following nine set of rules , namely:- 1.)

2 HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES ( general ) rules , 2016 2. HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (Pay) rules , 2016 3. HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (Travelling Allowance) rules , 2016 4. HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (Allowances to Govt. Employees) rules , 2016 5. HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (Leave) rules , 2016 6. HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES ( general Provident Fund) rules , 2016 7. HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (Pension) rules , 2016 8. HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (Conduct of Government Employees) rules , 2016 9. HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (Punishment & Appeal) rules , 2016 3. The book in hand is the HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES ( general ) rules , 2016 , which contains rules pertaining to Definitions, general Conditions of Service, Classification of SERVICES , Creation of post, Service Record, Joining Time, dismissal , removal and suspension , Deputation out of India, Training out of India, Foreign Service and Deputation, Retirement from service - kinds and circumstances 4. I am thankful to Shri Raj Pal Nasa, HSS-I, HSAS (now retired) and members of his team who made sincere efforts in drafting of the HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES rules incorporating all the instructions/policy decisions taken from time to time pertaining to these rules .

3 5. It is a priced publication and can be purchased from the Printing & Stationery Department, HARYANA . The soft copy, in PDF searchable form, of these rules , both in Hindi and English languages, is available on the website of Finance Department namely iv 6. If any error or omission is found in these rules the same may please be brought to the notice of Finance Department, HARYANA CIVIL Secretariat, Chandigarh so that the same can be corrected. Dated : 7th December, 2017 P. Raghavendra Rao Additional Chief Secretary to Government, HARYANA , Finance Department. v PREFACE Article 309 of the Constitution of India provides that subject to the provisions of the Constitution, Acts of appropriate Legislature may regulate the recruitment, and conditions of service of persons appointed to public SERVICES and posts in connection with the affairs of the State, and, until a provision in that behalf is made by or under an "Act" of the appropriate Legislature, such rules may be framed by the Governor of the State.

4 2 Earlier, at the time of framing three Volumes of Punjab CIVIL SERVICES rules , the desirability of framing the "Act" was examined by the then Punjab Government in consultation with the Government of India and it was observed that from the promulgation of the Constitution, various sets of rules were framed and revised under the proviso to Article 309 and brought into conformity with the Constitution. Since the said proviso empowers the President and the Governor to make rules in the case of SERVICES and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union and of the State respectively, it was not considered necessary to enact the Act, referred to above. 3. The matter regarding re-writing of all the three Volumes of Punjab CIVIL SERVICES rules has been under active consideration of HARYANA Government for last many years. The Governor of HARYANA in exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, has been pleased to approve the following seven rules books of HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES rules to regulate the terms and conditions of SERVICES of the employees of State of HARYANA :- 1.

5 HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES ( general ) rules , 2016 2. HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (Pay) rules , 2016 3. HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (Travelling Allowance) rules , 2016 4. HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (Allowances to Govt. Employees) rules , 2016 5. HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (Leave) rules , 2016 6. HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES ( general Provident Fund) rules , 2016 7. HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (Pension) rules , 2016 4. HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (Govt. Employees Conduct) rules , 2016 , HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (Punishment & Appeal) rules , 2016 and HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES (Compassionate Financial Assistance) rules , 2016 are being notified separately by the general Administration Department. vi 5. Main features of these rules are as under :- (1) All the instructions/policy decisions taken by HARYANA Government upto December, 2015 have been incorporated and redundant/obsolete rules or portion thereof have been deleted. (2) The language of these rules is easy to understand and catchword titles have been provided to make the reading user friendly.

6 (3) New terms created from time to time since 1953 have been defined. Terms common for more than one rules books have been compiled at one place. 6. The soft copy both in Hindi and English language has also been made available on the website of Finance Department namely The hard copy of English language would also be made available in near future for sale in the sale depots of Printing & Stationery Department, HARYANA . 7. If any error or omission is found in these rules the same may please be brought to the notice of Finance Department, HARYANA CIVIL Secretariat, Chandigarh so that the same can be corrected. Dated : 19 July, 2016 Sanjeev Kaushal Additional Chief Secretary to Government, HARYANA , Finance Department. vii Chapters Index of HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES ( general ) rules See Page chapter - I Preliminary 1 chapter - II Definitions 5 chapter - III general Conditions of Service 25 chapter - IV Classification of SERVICES , Creation of post, Conduct and Discipline and Punishments and Appeals.

7 39 chapter - V Service Record 45 chapter - VI Joining Time 53 chapter - VII dismissal , removal and suspension 59 chapter - viii Deputation out of India 69 chapter - IX Training out of India 71 chapter - X Foreign Service and Deputation 75 chapter - XI Retirement from service - kinds and circumstances 91 Annexures 99-159 Annexure-1 101 Annexure-2 105 Annexure-3 107 Annexure-4 111 Annexure-5 131 Annexure-6 135 Annexure-7 137 Annexure-8 139 Annexure-9 141 Annexure-10 143 Annexure-11 147 Annexure-12 151 Annexure-13 153 Annexure-14 155 Annexure-15 157 viii ix rules Index of HARYANA CIVIL SERVICES ( general ) rules chapter - I Preliminary 1. Short title and commencement 2. Extent of application 3. Special provisions, if any, inconsistent with these rules 4. Right and privilege under any law 5. Regulation of claim of Government employee 6. Power to interpret, amend and relax 7. Repeal chapter - II Definitions 8. Definitions chapter - III general Conditions of Service 9.

8 Medical certificate of fitness for first entry into Government service 10. Form of declaration and medical examination 11. Drawal of pay and allowances without medical examination 12. Certificate of medical examination by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer on the first pay bill 13. Fee for medical examination 14. Exemption from medical certificate of fitness 15. Medical certificate of fitness on subsequent appointment with or without break 16. Fitness of woman candidate in a state of pregnancy 17. Defect in fitness prior to subsequent appointment by transfer 18. Appeal against medical examination of fitness on first or subsequent appointment 19. Medical fitness for efficient discharge of duties 20. Appeal against adverse findings of medical examination to retain in service 21. Fee for medical examination on appeal 22. Age for entry into Government service x 23. Waiving of the restriction of age limit 24. Vaccination and re-vaccination 25. Whole time at the disposal of Government 26.

9 Willful absence is break in service 27. Duration of probation 28. Lien on Confirmation 29. Confirmation on subsequent appointment 30. Retention of lien 31. Transfer from higher to lower post 32. Subscription to provident funds or any other fund 33. Date of reckoning pay and Allowances 34. Charge of office 35. Fixation of optimum period for handing/taking over charge 36. Exceptions in making over charge of office 37. Retirement as a condition of service chapter - IV Classification of SERVICES , Creation of post, Conduct and Discipline and Punishments and Appeals 38. general 39. Rights on subsequent appointment 40. Making of rules regarding recruitment 41. Competent authority for creation of post 42. Filling up of short term vacancies 43. Declaration of State SERVICES 44. Framing of Government Employees Conduct rules 45. Framing of Punishment and Appeal rules chapter - V Service Record 46. Prescribed Forms of Service Book 47. Maintenance of service book 48. Receipt of photocopy of service book 49.

10 Entries of every event in Service Book 50. Responsibility for attestation of entries 51. Entries in red ink 52. Inspection by the Government employee of his own service book xi 53. Transfer of service book in case of foreign service/ deputation 54. Missing of service book 55. Internal audit of service book 56. Instructions for entries in service book entries in Form Part-I regarding bio-data 57. Entries in Form Part-II 58. Entries in Form Part-III (a) 59. Entries in Form Part-III (b) 60. Entries in Form Part-IV 61. Entries in Form Part-V 62. Entries in Forms Part-VI and Part-VII 63. Entries in Forms Part- viii and Part-IX chapter - VI Joining Time 64. Joining time on transfer in public interest 65. Joining time on temporary transfer 66. Journey period before and after the training 67. Joining time to Government employee of other Government 68 Joining time on subsequent appointment 69. No joining time on transfer within the same office 70. Joining time when transfer does not involve change of residence 71.