CCS (Joining Time) Rules

CCS (Joining Time) Rules

Preliminary These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Joining Time) Rules, 1979. They shall come into force on the date of issue of this Notification (GI, Dept of Per. & A.R., Notification No. 21011/2/79-Allowances Unit, dated the 8th May, 1979, published in the Gazette of India, dated the 19th May, 1979) and shall apply to transfers effected on/or after that date These rules shall apply to all Government servants appointed in Civil Services and posts under the Central Government including work-charged staff but shall not apply to— (a) Railway employees. (b) Armed Forces Personnel and those paid from the Defence Services Estimates. (c) Government servants engaged on contact and those who are not in whole-time employment of Government. (d) Government servants, paid out of contingencies. 2. (1) When a Government servant to whom these rules apply is transferred to the control of another Government or organization, which has made separate rules prescribing amount of joining time, his Joining Time for the journey to join his post under that Government/organization and for the return journey, will be governed by those rules, unless different provisions are expressly made in the terms of deputation/foreign service by mutual agreement between the lending and borrowing authorities

(2) The Joining Time of railway employees, Armed Forces Personnel and those paid from Defence Services Estimates and the employees of State Government or any other organization who are appointed to Civil Services and posts under the Central Government on deputation or on foreign service basis, shall, for joining the Civil Services and posts under the Central Government and for the return journeys, be regulated in accordance with these rules, unless different provisions are expressly made in their respective terms, of deputation/foreign service, by mutual agreement between the lending and borrowing authorities. Definitions “Department of Government of India” means a Ministry or Department of the Central Government as notified from time to time and any other authority which exercises the powers of a Department/Ministry of the Government of India. [In respect of the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India shall exercise the same powers as the Ministries/Departments of Government of India, under these rules. ] “Head of Department” means the authority declared as such under the Delegation of Financial Powers Rules, 1978. In the case of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, Head of Department means the authority declared as such by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.

Distance between the old headquarters and the new headquarters Joining Time admissible Joining Time admissible where the transfer necessarily admissible involves continuous travel by road for more than 200 kms 1,000 km or less 10 days 12 days More than 1,000 km 12 days 15 days More than 2,000 km 15 days except in cases of travel by air for which the maximum will be 12 days. 15 days In case of transfer of a Government Servant to and from NER, Andman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep and Ladakh, two days additional time shall be admissible over and above the normal Joining Time.

Joining time may be combined with vacation and/or regular leave of any kind or duration except casual leave. If a Government servant in transit on transfer is directed to proceed to a place different from that indicated in the initial transfer orders, he shall be entitled to joining time already availed of up to the date of receipt of revised orders plies fresh spell of full joining time from the date following the date of receipt of the revised orders. The fresh spell of joining time in such cases shall be calculated from the place, at which he received the revised orders as if he is transferred from that place. Joining Time pay A Government servant on joining time shall be regarded as on duty during that period and shall be entitled to be paid joining time pay equal to the pay which was drawn before relinquishment of charge in the old post. He will also be entitled to Dearness Allowance, if any, appropriate to the joining time pay. In addition, he can also draw compensatory allowances like House Rent Allowance as applicable to the old station from which he was transferred. He shall not be allowed Conveyance Allowance or permanent Travelling Allowance.

Miscellaneous Where any Ministry/Department of Government of India is satisfied that the operation of any of these rules causes undue hardship to any particular case, that Ministry or Department of the Government of India may by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, dispense with or relax the requirement of that rule to such extent and subject to such exceptions and conditions as it may consider necessary for dealing with the case in a just and equitable manner, provided that no such order shall be made except with the concurrence of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms. If any doubt arises as to the interpretation of these rules, it shall be referred to the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms. All rules and instructions on the subject of joining time in force immediately before commencement of these rules and applicable to Government servants to whom these rules apply, are hereby repealed.