Department: Finance
Subject: Service Rule
West Bengal Service Rules is divided into two parts, Part – I and Part – II. There are sixteen chapters in which the followings are described in detail. The Rules can also be downloaded from the link at the bottom in pdf format.
Chapter 1 – Extent of Application
- Short Title and Commencement
- To whom the rules apply
- Interpretations
- 3A. Relaxations
- 3B. Abstaining from work
- 3C. Restoring to Strike
- 3D. Directions of Government
- Repeal and Savings
Chapter 2 – Definitions
- Definitions
- Rate of Exchange
Chapter 3 – General Conditions of Service
- Age on first appointment
- Condonation of an excess in age on first appointment
- Declaration of age
- 10-14.Appointment on medical certificate of fitness
- Whole time at the disposal of Government
- Limitations in making substantive appointment
- 17-24.Lien
- Subscription to Provident Fund and other similar funds
- Drawal of pay-date of its commencement and end
- Omitted
- Charge of office
- Headquarters term defined
- 29A. Obligation to stay at headquarters
- 30-33. Journey beyond the limits of charge
- Maximum period of continuous absence from duty
- 34A. Resignation
- 34B. Discharge after notice
Chapter 4 – Domicile
- 35-37. Omitted
Chapter 5 – Pay
- Omitted
- During a course of instruction or training
- Of a student to be appointed to Government Service on passing through a course of training
- Time scale of pay
- On substantive appointment
- 42A. Pay fixation on promotion or appointment
- 42B. Benefit of next higher scale of pay in certain contingency
- On substantive appointment on reduced scale of pay
- When the pay of a post is changed
- Withholding of increments
- 46-47. Efficiency bar
- 48-48A. Conditions for counting service for increments
- Premature increment
- 49A. Stagnation pay
- Counting of military service towards increments
- Pay of police officer on re-enlistment on discharge or resignation
- Reduction to lower stage in a time scale
- Reduction to a lower grade or post
- 54-55. Pay on officiating appointment
- 55A. Pay on erroneous appointment
- 55B. Pay on re-employment after retirement
- Pay of a temporary post
- Pay of post carrying a pay personal to another Government employee
- Officiating pay at reduced rates
- Authorities empowered to sanction officiating appointment
- Absorption of personal pay in subsequent increases of pay
- Omitted
Chapter 6 – Fees & Remunerations
- Circumstances in which granted
- Conditions of acceptance
- Sanctioning authorities
Chapter 7 – Combination of Appointments
- Pay how regulated
Chapter 8 – Deputation out of India
- 65A. To whom the rules apply
- Sanctioning authority
- Date of beginning and end
- Pay during deputation
- Omitted
Chapter 9 – Dismissal, Removal & Suspension
- Termination of service on removal or dismissal
- Subsistence grant while under suspension
- Pay and allowances on reinstatement
- 72A. Pay and allowances on reinstatement when the orders of dismissal, etc., are set aside by a court of law
- 72B. Pay and allowances on reinstatement by competent authority
- Omitted
- Leave during period of suspension or while in prison
- 74A. Work charged staff
Chapter 10 – Compulsory Retirement
- For Group A, Group B and Group C service
- For Group D service
- Omitted
- For Government employee holding officiating appointment s
- Calculation of the date of retirement
- 79A. Re-employment of Government employees
Chapter 11 – Joining Time
- Conditions of its grant
- Period admissible
- When transfer is not in a new station or does not involve a change of residence
- 83-84. Omitted
- Route for calculation
- Making over charge away from head quarter
- While in transit from one post to another
- When leave intervenes
- On return from leave
- On transfer during a vacation
- Extension of joining time
- When transferred to the control of another Government.
- Pay or leave salary of Government employees holding substantive appointment.
- Penalty for exceeding joining time
- Pay or leave salary of Government employees having no substantive appointment
- Non-Government employees on temporary appointment under Government
Chapter 12 – Foreign Service
- 97-101. Conditions of transfer
- 102-108. Leave and pension contributions
- 109-110. Leave in foreign service
- On officiating appointment in a post under Government
- 112-114. Reversion from foreign service
- Traveling allowance
- When an addition is made to permanent staff
Chapter 13 – Service under Local Funds
- Funds administered by Government
- Funds not administered by Government
Chapter 14 – Passage from or to India
- 119, 120, 122. Free Passage – Rules for the grant of
- 121, 123-143. Omitted
Chapter 15 – Leave
Section – I – General Conditions
- Extent of application
- Government employees on foreign service or in deputation
- When transferred from a service or post to which these rules do not apply
- Counting of former service on re-employment
- Omitted
- Persons re-employed after retirement
- Grant of special disability leave
- 151-152. Leave sanctioning authority
- Cannot be claimed as of right
- Date of beginning and end
- 155-157. Combination of holidays with leave and joining time
- Recall from leave
- Certificate of fitness to return to duty
- 160(1). Return from leave before due date
- 160(2). Absence after expiry of leave
- Short extensions in cases of overstayals
- Employment during leave
Section – II – Leave Rules
- 163-164. Extent of application
- Leave and leave procedure
- Definitions
- Combination of different kinds of leave
- Leave preparatory to retirement
- 168A. Leave beyond the date of retirement of quitting service
- 168B. Cash equivalent of leave salary in case of death in service
- 168C. Cash equivalent of leave salary in case of retirement on invalidation from service
- Earned leave for Government employees serving in a department other than a vacation department
- Calculation of earned leave
- 171-172. Earned leave for persons serving in vacation department
- Half pay leave and commuted leave
- Leave not due
- Extra ordinary leave
- Leave salary
Section – III – Ordinary Leave Rules
- 177-194. Omitted
Section – IV – Special kind of Leave
- 195-196. Special disability leave
- Study leave
- Quarantine leave
- Maternity leave
- 200-204. Hospital leave
- 205. Special sick leave
- Leave to Survey parties
- Casual Leave
Section – V – Special Provisions
- Administrator General and Official Trustees
- Military Officers in civil employ
- On deputation out of India
- Government employees whose duties are not continuous
- Piece-workers in Government Press
- On contract appointment
- 214-216. Law officers
- Part time Government employees
- Government employees remunerated by fees
- During a period of probation or apprenticeship
- Government employees paid from contingencies
Section – VI – Leave Procedure
- Leave Procedure
Chapter 16 – Occupation of Government Residences
Appendix 1 Heads of Department
Appendix 2 Members of clerical staff
Appendix 3 Omitted
Appendix 4 Omitted
Appendix 5 Rules for the grant of additional leave to Government employees for the study of Scientific, Technical or similar problems or in order to undertake special courses of instructions
Appendix 6 West Bengal Government Servants Conduct Rules, 1959
Appendix 6A West Bengal Services (Duties, Rights and Obligations of the Govt. Employee)
Appendix 7 Rules prescribing Leave Procedure
Appendix 8 Concordance showing the source of each rule in the West Bengal Service Rule Part – I
Appendix 9 Omitted
Appendix 10 Casual Leave Rules
Appendix 11 Special Casual Leave Rules
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