(1) No employee shall, except with the previous sanction of the Board, engage himself directly in any trade or business or undertake any employment:
Provided that an employee may, without such sanction, undertake honorary work of a social or charitable nature or occasional work of a literary, artistic or scientific character, subject to the condition that his official duties do not thereby suffer; but he shall not undertake or shall discontinue, such work if so directed by the Board.
Provided further that an employee may with the previous sanction of the Board, deliver lectures at Government or Quasi Government or Government Aided Academic or Technical Institutions or at Universities for a period not exceeding one year at a time (B.P.Ms.No.78, dated 12.2.98).
Explanation.- Canvassing by an employee in support of the business of insurance agency and such like owned or managed by his wife or any other member of his family shall be deemed to be a breach of this sub-regulation.
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(2) No employee shall, except with the previous sanction of the Board take part in the registration, promotion or management of any bank or company registered under any law for the time being in force;
Provided that an employee may take part in the registration, promotion or management of a Co-operative Society registered or deemed to be registered under the Co-operative Societies Act, 1961 (Tamil Nadu Act 53 of 1961) or under any other law for the time being in force of a literary, scientific or charitable society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Central Act XXI of 1860) or any other law for the time being in force.
(3) (a) An employee shall not, without the permission of the Board, publish any book or engage himself habitually in literary or artistic work of any kind.
(b) Permission to publish a book other than a text book or a book relating to, or connected with the work of the employee shall ordinarily be given subject to the condition that the employee does not use his time and official influence for promoting the sale of copies of the book.
(c) Permission to publish a text book for use in educational institution or a book relating to, or connected with the work of the employee shall be given subject to the conditions that the employee retains no interest in the sale of copies of the book, that he does not use his time and official influence for promoting the sale of copies of the book and that he receives only a lump-sum as remuneration from the person publishing it.
(d) While applying to the Board for permission to publish a book, the employee shall submit to the Board manuscript copy thereof.
(4) No medical officer of the Board shall maintain or have any financial interest in a private nursing home, hospital or similar establishment. Nor shall be habitually accommodate paying patients in his own residence for more than 24 hours. He may, however, treat patients in a private nursing home provided that the home is not reserved for the admissions of his own cases and allows the admission of patients of any other registered medical practitioner. This sub-regulation shall not apply to part-time medical officers.
(5) No employee shall accept a paid employment in any company, mutual benefit society or co-operative society or act as an agent, whether paid by salary or commission to any insurance company or society;
Provided that an employee may take part in the management of a mutual benefit society, if he has first obtained the sanction of the Chief Engineer if he is employed in the offices under his control and of the Managing Director, if he is employed in the Board's Secretariat and a certificate from the above authority to the effect that the work undertaken will be performed without detriment to his official duties and such employee does not accept any remuneration.
(6) Employee of every class shall be at liberty to take part in the promotion of co-operative societies, but no employee shall, except with the sanction of the Board, 12 hold office in any co-operative society or serve on any committee appointed for the management of its affairs unless the society is composed wholly of employees of the board or partly of employees of the Board and partly of employees of local bodies and/or servants of a State or the Central Government.
Provided that employees of every class, may hold office in co-operative housebuilding societies or serve on any committee appointed for the management of its affairs.
Explanation.- Co-operative house building societies aforesaid shall include all types of co-operative societies whose object is the construction of houses for their members or the grant of loans for such construction by their members.
(7) Subject to the sanction and certificate referred to in sub-regulation (5), an employee who is a member of a co-operative society composed wholly of employees of the Board or partly of employees of the Board and partly of employees of local bodies and/or servant of a State or the Central Government and partly of students of Government training Schools or Colleges, may accept remuneration for keeping accounts of the society.
(8) (a) An employee may not act as an arbitrator in any case without the sanction of his immediate superior or unless he directed so to act by a court having authority to appoint an arbitrator.
(b) No employee may act as an arbitrator in any case which is likely to come before him in any shape in virtue of any executive office which he may be holding.
(c) If an employee acts as an arbitrator at the private request of disputants, he can accept no fees.
(d) If he acts by appointment of a court of law, he may accept such fees as the court may fix.
(9) The Managing Director in respect of the employee in the Board's Secretariat and the Chief Engineer in respect of the employees in his office and the offices under his control may grant permission to attend and take part in such of the meetings, conferences and committees in which the Board has agreed to participate.
(10) No employee shall apply for outside employment or signify his willingness to accept such employment without having previously obtained the permission in writing of the appointing authority in respect of the post, which he is holding:
Provided that in the case of employees who are on leave preparatory to retirement, such permission shall be that of the Chief Engineer in case the appointing authority in respect of the post last held by the employee is an authority subordinate to the Chief Engineer.
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(11) (i) Permission to apply for or accept outside employment shall normally be granted to a person who is on leave preparatory to retirement unless the employment is in a trading concern in India. Permission to apply for or accept private employment in a trading concern in India will be granted only in very exceptional cases and may be subject to the condition of immediate retirement.
(ii) Permission to apply for or accept outside employment shall not be granted to any other employee unless the competent authority is satisfied that his premature resignation may be accepted without detriment to the Board’s service.
(iii) The previous approval of the Board shall be obtained in the case of applications from persons who have been given special and expensive training at the cost of the Board to increase their utility to the Board.
(12) If a person who is refused permission to apply for or accept outside employment, wished to resign his appointment such resignation shall ordinarily be accepted.
(13) Where a person who is not on leave preparatory to retirement is permitted to apply for or accept outside employment, he shall resign his appointment under the Board immediately on accepting such employment.