IOR/R/15/2/1448

The file contains Government of India circular letters, memoranda and notices issued mainly by the Finance Department and the Home Department. These were regularly forwarded by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire to the Political Agent, Bahrain and others for information and guidance. The circulars contain rules, procedures and instructions that relate to a wide range of personnel matters, including: the type, number and grading of government posts and their rates of pay, leave allowance and leave salary, pensions, travelling allowance and travel expenses. Typical file contents are:

• Finance Department notifications containing amendments to the Fundamental Rules, Superior Civil service Rules, Revised Leave Rules 1933, Civil Service Regulations, Pay and Cadre Schedules;
• Circular letters exchanged between the Government of India Finance Department and the India Office, Financial Department, London in 1935, regarding the interpretation and amendment of Fundamental Rule 83 in relation to the leave salary entitlement of officers on special disability leave;
• Home Department notifications containing the new Government Servants' Conduct Rules 1935, amendments to the schedule listing the type and number of posts in various Government departments, amendments to the schedule annexed to the Revised Rates of Pay Rules, procedures to be followed in staff disciplinary proceedings.