(20) Rules of Conduct for the Central Civil Service, 1964 – Amendments introduced by the Central Civil Service (Conduct) Amendment Rules, 1973 – Rental of immovable property. The question was raised as to whether a specific provision on the participation of government employees in auctions of public property owned or confiscated by the government should be added to the rules of the central civil service (conduct). Even if the company is indeed free from undue influence or dishonesty, it must be suspected that not everything is exaggerated when properties sold at government auctions are purchased by government officials, especially buyers belonging to the same ministry or department as the one by or on whose order the auction is carried out. Therefore, although it is not necessary to create a specific code of conduct for this purpose, it is obviously not desirable for government officials to bid at auctions organized by their own ministries or departments. Any government official who does so would be considered lenient in conduct to which a government employee is not entitled under the Code of Conduct. (31) Provision for repair or minor work costs relating to movable property. (29) Rule 18(4) of the Rules of Conduct (CCS, 1964) (1) The general instructions concerning the submission of the declaration of construction of a real estate house are clearly a transaction with “prescribed” real estate authorities who would exercise authority – statements that are treated as secret and kept with drawing rolls. 2. Paragraph 1(d) of the Explanatory Note to Rule 18 has been extended to include, among the categories of movable property referred to in that clause, namely “televisions”, and a new Explanatory Note II has been added, according to which the term “leasing” would mean for the purposes of Rule 18, unless it is obtained from a person officially involved with the official, from year to year or for a period of more than one year from the reservation of an annual rent, a rental contract for a property is granted. Thus, if the lessee or lessor is a person who has official business with the public servant, the general meaning of the term “lease” under section 105 of the Transfer of Ownership Act 1882 would apply; it would include any agreement establishing the relationship of the tenant, or any transfer, concession or reality for a given period of transfer of shares in a property for a limited period of time with conditions, regardless of the duration of this agreement, etc., or the method of payment of rent or any other consideration. This general meaning of the term “lease” would also apply to the new Rule 18A introduced by Rule 3 of the CCS Rules (Conduct) (Amendment) of 1973, which refers to a transaction entered into by a government official in respect of immovable property outside India, as well as to any transaction with a foreigner, a foreign government, a foreign organization or real property concerns. (15) All purchases made simultaneously at the same location (store, etc.) and invoiced with the same invoice should be treated as a single transaction for the purposes of Rule 18.3), whether or not they relate to the same item. In accordance with section 3 of section 15 of the Central Civil Service Regulations, 1955 (now section 18 of the 1964 Regulations), each member of Grade I (Group A) and II (Group B) Services must submit a declaration of the immovable property belonging to him or her at the time of his or her first appointment to the public service and thereafter at intervals of 12 months, have been acquired or inherited by him or are leased or mortgaged by him.
either in his own name, or on behalf of a member of his family, or on behalf of another person. It was decided that this declaration, in the form (Annex) annexed to this Memorandum of the Office, should be submitted to the authority designated in Explanatory Note (a) to Article 15( paragraph 1 [now Rule 18, paragraph 2] of that provision within one month of its appointment and thereafter in January of each year. The original income tax return must include the item at the time of their appointment and subsequent returns on January 1 of the year in which they were filed. For persons already in service, the first tax return, if none has already been submitted, indicates the situation on 1 January 1956. (ii) the purchase/sale of the property in question is made at fair market prices and does not involve any part of the profit or speculation; (iii) there is no reasonable reason to believe that the transaction in question is the result of the exercise of undue official influence by public servants (e.g., in exchange for any official favour granted or likely to be granted to the potential seller/buyer of the property); And there are certain difficulties in interpreting rule 15 of the Central Civil Service Rules of Conduct 1955 (now Rule 18) with regard to transactions in movable and immovable property and the submission of asset declarations, in particular with regard to transactions carried out by family members of a staff member. Paragraph 4 of the decisions referred to in Decision No. 10 explains that the construction of a house is equivalent to the acquisition of immovable property for which prior knowledge or sanction from the prescribed authority is required under Rule 15 (now Rule 18) of the Central Civil Service Rules (Code of Conduct). The question was raised as to whether the acquisition of movable property necessary for the construction of the house fell within the scope of Rule 15(2) [now Rule 18(3)]] of the Rules of Conduct of the Central Civil Service, which requires that a report on such operations be sent to the competent authority without delay. Of course, it would be tedious and embarrassing for such reports to be made when it comes to purchases related to the construction of the house. At the same time, the purpose of the rule would be nullified if these purchases are not controlled simply because the building permit for the house was granted shortly before construction began.
It was therefore decided that whenever a government official wants to build a house, the following procedure should be followed. .