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empowered in that behalf by the Company, namely;

Minor penalties:
(i) Censure.
(ii) Forfeiture of Performance Related Pay, partial or full.
(iii) Withholding of increments of pay with or without cumulative effect for a
specified period.
(iv) Withholding of promotion for a specified period.
(v) Recovery from pay or such other amount as may be due to him, of the
whole or part or any pecuniary loss caused to the Company by his
negligence or breach of orders.
(vi) Reduction to a lower stage in the time scale of pay for a period not
exceeding three years, without cumulative effect and not adversely
affecting his terminal benefits.

Major penalties:
(vii) Save as provided in clause (vi), reduction to a lower stage in the time
scale of pay for a specified period, with further directions as to whether
or not the Employee will earn increments of pay during the period of
such reduction and whether on the expiry of such period, the reduction
will or will not have the effect of postponing future increments of his pay.
(viii) Reduction to a lower time scale of pay, grade, post or service which shall
ordinarily be a bar to the promotion of the Employee to the time scale of
pay, grade, post from which he was reduced, with or without further
directions regarding conditions of restoration to the grade or post from
which the Employee was reduced and his seniority and pay on such
restoration to that grade or post.
(ix) Compulsory retirement.
(x) Removal from service which shall not be a disqualification for future
employment under the Govt. or the Corporation/Company owned or
controlled by the Govt.
(xi) Dismissal from service which shall ordinarily be a disqualification for
future employment under the Govt. or Company owned or controlled by
the Govt.
Provided that in every case in which the charge of possession of assets
disproportionate to known sources of income or the charge of
acceptance from any person of any gratification, other than legal
remuneration, as a motive or reward for doing or forbearing to do any
official act is established, the penalty mentioned in clause (x) or (xi) shall
be imposed.
Provided further that in any exceptional case and for special
reasons recorded in writing, any other penalty may be imposed.

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Note 1: The following shall not amount to a penalty within the meaning of this
Rule, namely: -
(i) Non-promotion, reversion to previous service, post or grade and with
holding of increments of pay of an Employee for his failure to pass any
departmental examination in accordance with the Rules or orders
governing the service to which he belongs or post which he holds under
the terms of his appointment.
(ii) Non-promotion of an Employee after consideration of his case, to a
service, grade or post for promotion to which he is eligible.
(iii) Reversion to a lower service, grade or post of an Employee officiating in
a higher service, grade or post on the ground that he is considered to be
unsuitable for such higher service, grade or post on any administrative
grounds unconnected with his conduct.
(iv) Reversion to this previous service, in the lower grade or post of an
Employee appointed on probation to any other service, grade or post,
during or at the end of the period of probation in accordance with the
terms of his appointment.
(v) Repatriation of the services of an Employee, whose services have been
borrowed from the Central Government or a State Government or an
Authority under the control of the Central Govt. or a State Govt. or an
Undertaking, at the disposal of the Authority which had lent his services.
(vi) Compulsory Retirement of an Employee in accordance with the
provisions relating to his superannuation or retirement.

(vii) Termination of the services:

(a) Of an Employee appointed on probation, during or at the end the
period of probation, in accordance with the terms of his
appointment;
(b) Of an Employee in accordance with the terms of his appointment;
(c) Of an Employee employed under an agreement, in accordance
with the terms of such agreement.
Note 2: Schedule-III Executive Instructions / Clarifications may be
referred while imposing these penalties.

35. DISCIPLINARY AUTHORITY:

(1) The Disciplinary Authority as specified in Schedule I or any authority
higher than it, may impose any of the penalties specified in Rule 34 on
any Employee.

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-rule (1), any of the penalties
specified in Rule 34 may be imposed on any Employee by the
Appointing Authority or by any Authority as delegated in Schedule-I.
Provided that when an Employee is on deputation with the Company, no
penalty shall be imposed on him without consultation with the
disciplinary Authority with reference to the post held by him in his parent
department.
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