Without prejudice to the generality of the term “misconduct”, the following acts of omission and commission shall be treated as misconduct :-
(1) Theft, fraud or dishonesty in connection with the business or property of the Board or of property of another person within the premises of the Board.
(2) Taking or giving bribes or any illegal gratification.
(3) Possession of pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to the known source of income by the employee or on his behalf by another person, which the employee cannot satisfactorily account for.
(4) Furnishing false information regarding name, age, father’s name, qualification, ability or previous service or any other matter germane to the employment at the time of employment or during the course of employment.
(5) Acting in a manner prejudicial to the interests of the Board.
(6) Willful insubordination or disobedience, whether or not in combination with others, of any lawful and reasonable order of his superior.
(7) Absence without leave or over-staying the sanctioned leave for more than four consecutive days without sufficient grounds or proper or satisfactory explanation.
(8) Habitual late or irregular attendance.
(9) Neglect of work or negligence in the performance of duty including malingering or slowing down of work.
(10) Damage to any property of the Board.
(11) Interference or tampering with any safety devices installed in or about the premises of the Board.
(12) Drunkenness or riotous or disorderly or indecent behaviour in the premises of the Board or outside such premises where such behaviour is related to or connected with the employment.
(13) Gambling within the premises of the establishment.
(14) Smoking within the premises of the establishment where it is prohibited.
(15) Collection without the permission of the competent authority of any money within the premises of the Board except as sanctioned by any law of the land for the time being in force or rules of the Board.
(16) Sleeping while on duty.
(17) Commission of any act which amounts to a criminal offence involving moral turpitude.
(18) Absence from the employee’s appointed place of work without permission or sufficient cause.
(19) Purchasing properties, machinery, stores, etc., from or selling properties, machinery, stores, etc., to the Board without express permission in writing from the competent authority.
(20) Commission of any act subversive of discipline or of good behaviour.
(21) Abetment of or attempt at abetment of any act which amounts to misconduct.
6. Employment of near relatives of the employees in any company or firm enjoying patronage of the Board.
(1) No employee shall use his position or influence directly or indirectly to secure employment for any member of his family in any company or firm enjoying the patronage of the Board.
(2) No employee of the Board shall, except with the previous sanction of the competent authority, permit any member of his family to accept employment with any company or firm with which he has official dealings, or with any company or firm, having official dealings with the Board :
Provided that where the acceptance of the employment cannot await sanction of the competent authority, the employment may be accepted provisionally subject to the sanction of the competent authority, to whom the matter shall be reported forthwith.
(3) No employee shall in the discharge of his official duties deal with any matter or give or sanction any contract to any company or firm or any other person if any member of his family is employed in that company or firm or under that person or if he or any member of his family is interested in such matter or contract in any other manner and the employee shall refer every such matter or contract to his official superior and the matter or the contract shall thereafter be disposed of according to the instructions of the authority to whom the reference is made.
7. Taking pat in demonstration and strike :
No employee shall –
(i) engage himself or participate in any demonstration which is prejudicial to the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality or which involves contempt of court, defamation or incitement to an offence; or
(ii) resort to or in any way abet, any form of strike or coercion or physical duress in connection with any matter pertaining to his service or any other employee.
8. Connection with press, radio or television -
(1) No employee shall, except with the previous sanction of the competent authority, own wholly or in part or conduct or participate in the editing or management of any newspaper or other periodical publication.
(2) No employee shall, except with the previous sanction of the competent authority or in the bonafide discharge of his duties, participate in a broadcast or telecast or contribute any article or write any letter either in his own name or anonymously, pseudonymously or in the name of any other person to any newspaper or periodical :
Provided that no such sanction shall be required if such broadcast, telecast or contribution is of a purely literary, artistic or scientific character.
9. Criticism of Government and the Board - No employee shall, in any broadcast, telecast or in any document published under his own name or anonymously, pseudonymously or in the name of any other person or in any communication to the press, or in any public utterance, make any statement, -
(a) which has the effect of adverse criticism of any policy or action of the Central Government or a State Government, or of the Board; or
(b) which is capable of embarrassing the relations between the Board and the public :
Provided that nothing in this rule shall apply to any statement made or views expressed by an employee, of a purely factual nature in his official capacity or in due performance of the duties assigned to him :
Provided further that nothing contained in this clause shall apply to bona fide expression of views by him as an office-bearer of a recognized association for the purpose of safeguarding the conditions of service of such employees or for securing an improvement thereof.