(1) No employee shall by any utterance, writing or otherwise, discuss or criticise in public or at any meeting of any association or body, any policy pursued or action taken by the Board or a State or the Central Government nor shall be in any manner participate in any such discussion or criticism.
(2) No employee shall, in any radio broadcast or in any document published anonymously or in his own name or in the name of any other person or in any communication to the press or in any public utterance, make any statement of act or opinion.-
(i) which has the effect of an adverse criticism of any current or recent policy or action of the Board, the Central Government or a State Government; or
(ii) which is capable of embarassing the relations between the Board, the Government of any State, the Central Government or any foreign State:
Provided that nothing in this regulation shall apply to any statement made or views expressed by an employee in his official capacity or in the due performance of the duties assigned to him.
(3) An employee shall not, except in the discharge of his official duties, preside over or take part in the organisation of or occupy a prominent position at or address any non-official meeting or conference at which it is likely that speeches may be made or resolutions may be proposed or passed criticising the action of the Board 15 or a State Government or the Central Government or requesting the Board to take certain actions, etc.
Explanation.-Regularly convened meetings, for the transaction of their legitimate business of associations of employees of the Board recognised by the Board and or committees or branches of such associations are not "nonofficial" meetings for the purpose of this regulation.
(4) Nothing contained in this regulation shall be deemed to prohibit any employee from participating in discussions at any private meeting solely of employees of the Board or of any recognised association of such employees on matters, which affect their personal interests individually or generally:
Provided that nothing contained in this sub-regulation shall be construed to limit or abridge the powers of the Board to require any employee to publish and explain any policy or action of the Board in such manner as may appear to it to be expedient or necessary.
(5) An employee who intends to publish any document or to make any communication to the press or to deliver any public utterance containing statements in respect of which any doubts as to the application of the restrictions imposed by this regulation may arise, shall submit to the Board a copy or draft of the document which he intends to publish or of the utterance which he intends to deliver, and shall thereafter act in accordance with such orders as may be passed by the Board.
Note: The above regulation shall apply to part-time employees of the Board.