The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 – Submission of declarations of assets and liabilities by the Railway Servant

RBE No. 34/2016

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. E(D&A) 2014 GS1-2                                                                                                 New Delhi, 12/04/2016

The General Manager(P)

All Indian Railways and

Production Units etc.

(As per standard list).

Sub: The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 – Submission of

declarations of assets and liabilities by the Railway Servant

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Attention is invited to Ministry of Railway’s letter of even number dated

12.10.2015, whereby Department of Personnel and Training’s O.M. No.

407/12/2014-AVD-IV(B) dated 11.10.2015 was circulated, extending the last

date for filing the returns under the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information

and Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing

Returns) Rules, 2014, to 15.04.2016. This date was further reiterated vide this

Ministry’s letter of even no. dated 05.04.2016.

2.            In this regard, the Department of Personnel and Training has amended

the aforesaid rules to extend the last date for filing of returns from 15.04.2016

to 31.07.2016, vide their notification No. G.S.R. 414(E) dated 11.04.2016. A

copy of the aforesaid notification is enclosed.

3.            Railways etc. may ensure that all officers and staff in their organisation

file the said declarations/returns in the prescribed proforma within the revised

time limits.

4. Please acknowledge receipt.

DA: As above

(S. Modi)

Dy. Director Estt. (D&A)

Railway Board

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MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

(Department of Personnel and Training)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 11th April, 2016

G.S.R. 414(E).––In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (k) and clause (m) of sub-section (2) of section 59 read with section 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Rules, 2014, namely:––

1.            (1) These rules may be called the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Amendment Rules, 2016.

                                (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and

the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Rules, 2014, in rule 3, in sub-rule (2),—

(a) in the first proviso, for the words and figures "on or before the 15th day of April, 2016", the words and figures "on or before the 31st day of July, 2016" shall be substituted;

(b) in the second proviso, for the words and figures "on or before the 15th day of April, 2016", the words and figures "on or before the 31st day of July, 2016" shall be substituted.

[F. No. 407/12/2014-AVD-IV (B)]

JISHNU BARUA, Jt. Secy.

Note.––The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification number G.S.R. 501(E), dated the 14th July, 2014 subsequently amended vide notification numbers G.S.R. 638(E), dated the 8th September, 2014, G.S.R. 918(E), dated the 26th December, 2014, G.S.R. 322(E), dated the 27th April, 2015, G.S.R. 536(E), dated the 3rd July, 2015 and G.S.R. 776(E), dated the 12th October, 2015.