Friends, Rule 5 of CCS(Conduct) Rules and Government decisions are at : http://persmin.nic.in/EmployeesCorner/Acts_Rules/CCSRules_1964/ccs_conduct_rules_1964_details.htm#05%20Govt%20Decision%2003 Accordingly, no Government servant shall be a member of, or be otherwise associated with, any political party or any organisation which takes part in politics nor shall he take part in, subscribe in aid of, or assist in any other manner, any political movement or activity.
It has been clarified by the Moderator that Government servants are restricted from membership of RTI_India group. Dhirendra Krishna On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:25 AM, sroy1947 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Babubhai > > Many thanks for the hawkseye you maintain over the postings to our group. > > Rule 5 of the CCS(Conduct) Rules 1964 would restrict civil servants from > joining RTI_India group. > > Sarbajit > > --- In [email protected] <rti_india%40yahoogroups.com>, "Babubhai > Vaghela" <vaghel...@...> wrote: > > > > Shri S Roy, > > > > Freedom of expression is a fundamental right of every citizen including > the first appellate authorities. > > > > What you have mentioned "You may also note that public servants are > prohibited from joining / posting to groups such as ours" is acceptable to > me if you can give me Govt policy in this regard. > > > > It may kindly be appreciated that I cannot accept the unsubstantiated > factually incorrect statements at their face value. > > > > And, it does not matter to me who makes the statement. > > > > With warm regards, > > > > -- > > Babubhai Vaghela > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
