Conduct Rules – Do’s and Don’ts for the Government Servants

Conduct Rules

Do’s and Don’ts for you

Do’s:

1. Maintain absolute integrity at all times.
2. Maintain absolute devotion to duty at all times.
3. Maintain independence and impartiality in the discharge of your duties
4. Maintain a responsible and decent standard of conduct in private life.
5. Render prompt and courteous service to the public.
6. Observe proper decorum during lunch break.
7. Report to your superiors the fact of your arrest or conviction in a Criminal Court and the circumstances connected therewith, as soon as it is possible to do so.
8. Keep away from demonstrations organized by political parties.
9. Maintain political neutrality.
10. Manage private affairs in such a way as to avoid habitual indebtedness or insolvency.
11. If any legal proceedings are instituted against you for the recovery of any debt or for declaring you as insolvent, report the full facts of such proceedings to the competent authority.

Don’ts:

1. Do not make joint representations in matters of common interest.
2. Do not indulge in acts unbecoming of a Govt. servant.
3. Do not be discourteous, dishonest and partial.
4. Do not adopt dilatory tactics in your dealings with the public.
5. Do not convey oral instructions to subordinates. If any oral instruction is issued due to urgency, confirm it in writing as soon as possible.
6. Do not practice untouchability.
7. Do not associate yourself with any banned organizations.
8. Do not join any association or demonstration whose objects or activities are prejudicial to the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India, public order and morality.
9. Do not give expressions to views on Indian or foreign affairs, while visiting foreign countries.
10. Do no get involved in unauthorized communication of any official document or information.
11. Do not join or support any illegal strike.
12. Do not undertake private consultancy work.
13. Do not give or take or abet giving or taking of dowry or demand any dowry directly or indirectly from the parent or guardian of a bride or bridegroom.
14. Do not lend or borrow money.
15. Do not bring any political influence in matters pertaining to your service.
16. Do not consume any intoxicating drinks or drugs while on duty.
17. Do not appear in public place in a state of intoxication.

(Do’s and don’ts listed above are only illustrative and not exhaustive)

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