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CCS (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965
36 rules • Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions • 1965
Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules governing disciplinary proceedings, penalties, suspensions, appeals, and classification of government services and posts.
General
Rule 1Rule 1 establishes the official name and effective date of this set of rules. These are called the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appe...Rule 2Rule 2 is the definitions section. It gives precise legal meanings to key terms used throughout the rules. Understanding these definitions is essential bec...Rule 3Rule 3 defines the scope of the CCS (CCA) Rules — who they apply to and who is excluded. In general, these rules apply to every government servant includin...Rule 4Rule 4 establishes the four-group classification system for Central Civil Services. All civil services of the Union are divided into Group A, Group B, Grou...Rule 5Rule 5 is short but important — it states that the actual list of services and grades falling within each group (A, B, C, D) is contained in the Schedule t...Rule 6Rule 6 deals with the classification of civil posts (as distinct from civil services). While Rule 4 classifies services, Rule 6 classifies the posts themse...Rule 7Rule 7 creates the 'General Central Service' as a residual or catch-all category. Any Central Civil post that is not included in any named Central Civil Se...
III - APPOINTING AUTHORITY
Rule 8Rule 8 specifies that all appointments to Group A Central Civil Services and Group A Central Civil Posts must be made by the President. This reflects the i...Rule 9Rule 9 covers appointments to Group B, Group C, and Group D Central Civil Services and Posts (excluding Group A, which is covered by Rule 8). For named ser...Rule 10Rule 10 is one of the most practically significant rules. It deals with suspension — the mechanism by which a government servant is temporarily prevented f...
V - PENALTIES AND DISCIPLINARY AUHTORITIES
Rule 11Rule 11 is the heart of the disciplinary framework. It lists all the penalties that can be imposed on a government servant, divided into 'minor penalties' ...Rule 12Rule 12 specifies which authority is competent to impose penalties on different categories of government servants. The President has the overarching power ...Rule 13Rule 13 deals with who can initiate or institute disciplinary proceedings. The President, or any authority empowered by him, can initiate proceedings again...
VI - PROCEDUUR FOR IMPOSING PENALTIES
Rule 14Rule 14 lays down the detailed procedure for imposing major penalties (Clauses v to ix of Rule 11). It is one of the longest and most procedurally complex ...Rule 15Rule 15 deals with the action taken by the disciplinary authority after the inquiry report is submitted by the Inquiring Authority. This is the stage where...Rule 16Rule 16 sets out the procedure for imposing minor penalties (Clauses i to iv of Rule 11: censure, withholding of promotion, recovery, pay stage reduction, ...Rule 17Rule 17 deals with the communication of final orders to the government servant after disciplinary proceedings are complete. It is a short but critical rule...Rule 18Rule 18 provides for common proceedings when two or more government servants are involved in the same misconduct case. Instead of holding separate inquirie...Rule 19Rule 19 carves out three situations where the normal inquiry process (Rules 14 to 18) can be bypassed and the disciplinary authority can act directly. Thes...Rule 20Rule 20 resolves a practical problem: what happens when a government servant posted on deputation (lent to another organisation) commits a misconduct? The ...Rule 21Rule 21 is the mirror image of Rule 20. Where Rule 20 covers what happens when a Central Government employee is lent to another department or body, Rule 21...Rule 66Rule 66 (as it appears in this set of documents) deals with the situation where, after a departmental inquiry, the Disciplinary Authority finds that a majo...
VII - APPEALS
Rule 22Rule 22 is a gate-keeping provision that defines the limits of the right to appeal. While Part VII of the CCS (CCA) Rules creates broad appeal rights, cert...Rule 23Rule 23 is the central provision defining what a government servant can actually appeal against. It provides a comprehensive list of appealable orders, cov...Rule 24Rule 24 answers a crucial practical question: once you decide to appeal, who do you appeal to? The answer depends on the employee's grade and on who made t...Rule 25Rule 25 sets the limitation period for filing an appeal: 45 days from the date on which the copy of the order was delivered to the appellant. This is not t...Rule 26Rule 26 prescribes the form and content of an appeal — the procedural rules that must be followed when drafting and submitting an appeal. While the CCS (CC...Rule 27Rule 27 is the substantive heart of the appeal process — it tells the appellate authority what it must consider and what orders it can pass. The rule treat...Rule 28Rule 28 is a short but operationally important provision. It places the responsibility for implementing appellate orders squarely on the authority that ori...Rule 29Rules 29 and 29-A together create two distinct mechanisms for correcting orders after the regular appeal process: Revision and Review. These are significan...Rule 30Rule 30 is a brief but practically vital rule about the method of communicating official orders, notices, and other legal processes under the CCS (CCA) Rul...Rule 31Rule 31 is a general dispensing power that allows the competent authority to extend time limits or condone delays in any action required under the rules. W...Rule 32Rule 32 was omitted from the main body of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965. As it now stands in the official text of the rules, the content at this position belon...Rule 33Rule 33 is a transitional provision — a bridge between the old rules and the new CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965. When any new set of rules comes into force, there i...Rule 34Rule 34 is the repealing and savings provision — the formal legal mechanism by which the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 replaced the two earlier sets of rules: the ...Rule 35Rule 35 is the interpretation provision — the designated mechanism for resolving doubts about the meaning of any provision of the CCS (CCA) Rules. If any g...