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Compendium of Instructions on Conduct & Duties—Vol. VICopy of letter No 4656-6GS-63/24763, dated the 25th July, 1963 from Shri Saroop Krishan I.C.S.,Financial Commissioner, Planning and Additional Chief Secretary to Government,Punjab to the address of all Heads of Departments. etc., etc.Subject :- Conduct of a Government employee in relation to the proper maintenance of his family.I am directed to say that instances have come to the notices of the Government in whichthere has been failure on the part of Government employees in the matter of proper maintenance of theirfamilies and the question has arisen as to the action that can be taken in such cases. The position isthat a Government employee is expected to maintain a reasonable and decent standard of conduct inhis private life and not bring discredit to his service by misdemeanour of this type. Where, therefore,a Government employee is reported to have acted in a manner unbecoming of such employee, forinstance by neglect of his wife and family, departmental action can be taken against him on that score.The Government Servants Conducted Rules should not, however, be invoked for this prose andinstead basis should be that neglect by a Government employee of his wife and family in a mannerunbecoming of him can be regarded as a good and sufficient reason to justify action being takenagainst him in the terms of Rule 4 of Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1952 whichspecifies the nature of penalties that may for good and sufficient reason be imposed on a Governmentemployee.2. It should, however be noted that in certain cases the party affected has a legal right to claimmaintenance, and if any legal proceedings in that behalf are pending in a court of law, it would not becorrect for the Government to take action against the Government employee as such action may beconstructed by the Court to amount to contempt.__________Copy of Circular letter No. 18341-DSGS-68/3072, dated the 3rd February, 1964, from thePlanning Commission and Additional Chief Secretary to Government,Punjab to all Heads of Departments, etc., etc.Subject:- Seeking redress in Courts of Law by Employees grievances arising out of their employmentor conditions of service.I am directed to invite reference to Punjab Government Circular letter No. 4198-GII-59/5323,dated the 20th June, 1959, on the subject cited above, in which it is stated inter alia that, when aGovernment employee desires to sue the Government in a court of law for the redress of grievancesarising out of service matters, he may be informed that such permission is not necessary and that if hedecides sue the Government he may do so on his own responsibility. I am to say that on reconsiderationit has been decided that in such cases, it would be sufficient to inform the Government employeeconcerned that permission to sue the Government is not necessary, and the words “if he decides tohave recourse to a court of law, he may do so on his own responsibility” should not appear in thecommunication to him.__________34