Rule 3 — CCS (CCA) Rules
Original Rule Text
# 3. Application
(1) These rules shall apply to every Government servant including every civilian Government: servant in the Defence Services, but shall not: apply to -
(a) any railway servant, as defined in Rule 102 of Volume I of the Indian Railways Establishment Code,
(b) any member of the. All India Services,
(c) any person in casual employment,
(d) any person subject to discharge from service on less than one: month's notice,
(e) any person for whom special provision is made, in respect of matters covered by these rules, by or under any law for the time being in force or by or under any agreement entered into by or with the previous approval of the President before or after the commencement of these rules, in regard to matters covered by such special provisions.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), the President may by order exclude any Group of Government: servants from the operation of all or any ofthese rules.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), or the Indian Railways Establishment Code, these rules shall apply to every Government servant temporarily transferred to: a Service or post coming within Exception
(a) or
(e) in sub-rule (1), to whom, but for such transfer, these rules would apply.
(4 If: any doubt: arises,
(a) whether these rules or any of them apply to any: person, or
(b) whether any: person to whom these rules apply belongs a particular Service, the: matter shall be referred to the President, who shall decide the same.
What This Means
Rule 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 including civilians in the Defence Services. However, there are important exceptions: railway servants, members of the All India Services (IAS, IPS, IFoS), persons in casual employment, persons serving on notice periods of less than one month, and persons for whom a special law or presidential agreement already provides for the same matters.
The President has the power to exclude any group of government servants from all or any of these rules by issuing an order. Importantly, if a government servant is temporarily transferred to a service that is normally excluded (like railways), the CCS (CCA) Rules still apply to that person during the transfer period, provided the rules would have applied to them originally. Any doubt about whether these rules apply to a particular person is resolved by the President.
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Key Points
- 1Rules apply to all central government servants including defence civilians
- 2Excluded categories: railway servants, All India Service members (IAS/IPS/IFoS), casual employees
- 3Persons on less than one month's notice are also excluded
- 4President can exclude any group by order
- 5Temporary transfers to excluded services do not remove coverage — the rules follow the person
- 6Doubts about applicability are resolved by the President
Practical Example
Priya Sharma is a clerk in the Central Secretariat Service. She is temporarily transferred to work in a Railway Ministry office for six months. Even though railway servants are normally excluded from CCS (CCA) Rules, Priya herself is not a railway servant — she is a Central Secretariat employee. Under Rule 3(3), the CCS (CCA) Rules continue to apply to her during her temporary transfer.
On the other hand, Arjun Mehta is an IPS officer (a member of an All India Service). He is explicitly excluded from the CCS (CCA) Rules under Rule 3(1)(b). His disciplinary matters are governed by the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969, which is a separate framework specifically for IAS, IPS, and IFoS officers.
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