CO129-600-2 Salaries Commission- proposed Public Services Commission 20-1-1948 - 1-3-1948 — Page 32

1908 CEYLON GOVT. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY · SEPT. 22, 1947

such charge and decide whether the officer should be dismissed or subjected to some lesser penalty on account of the offence for which he has been convicted, without any of the proceedings prescribed in Regulation 48 being taken. If the Department is not grouped under a Ministry the Head of the Department will deal with these cases himself.

Cases of conviction of an officer whose pensionable emoluments do not exceed Rs. 2,520 on a criminal charge in a Rural Court will be dealt with by the Head of the Department himself on lines similar to those indicated above, without reference to the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry.

Note.-Vide Regulations 58 to 61 in this connection.

51. Where proceedings for the dismissal or other punishment of an officer in the Combined Services whose pensionable emoluments do not exceed Rs. 2,520 per annum are taken by the Head of the Depart- ment in which such officer is employed and where it is proposed to inflict on such officer punishment more severe than any of the punish- ments referred to in Public Service Regulation 42, the Head of Department shall forward his recommendation and the relevant docu- ments to the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry who will address the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury for the latter's decision. In the case of Divisional Revenue Officers the recommendation and relevant documents should be forwarded to the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry in charge of Government Agencies for his decision.

Public officers whose emoluments are non-pensionable.

52. The procedure prescribed in Regulations 42 to 47 shall be observed in disciplinary cases relating to non-pensionable officers whose emoluments exceed £600 or Rs. 9,000 per annum, but no punish- ments of a more serious nature than a reprimand shall be inflicted in these cases without the approval of the Public Service Commission which will be sought by the Permanent Secretary. The approval of the Permanent Secretary is required when a reprimand is recorded against any such officer.

53. The procedure prescribed in Regulations 42 to 47 shall be observed before punishments are inflicted on non-pensionable officers whose emoluments exceed Rs. 3,000 per annum but do not exceed £600 or Rs. 9,000 per annum.

54. (i.) Heads of Departments are authorised to dismiss or other- wise punish officers whose emoluments are non-pensionable and do not exceed Rs. 3,000 per annum, provided that no such officer shall be punished until he has been made aware of the charges against him and has been given an opportunity of replying to them. The case of any such officer who has had continuous service under Government for not less than 15 years shall be investigated under the procedure prescribed in Public Service Regulation 48, where it is provided that formal written proceedings are necessary for the infliction of any punishment exceeding deferment of increment for one year.

(ii.) If a non-pensionable officer whose emoluments do not exceed Rs. 3,000 per annum is convicted on a criminal charge action should be taken as indicated in the first paragraph of Regulation 50 but if the officer has been convicted in the Rural Court, the Head of the De- partment will himself decide what punishment, if any, should be awarded. (Vide Regulations 58 to 61 in this connection).