IOR/R/15/2/1449

The file contains Government of India circular letters, memoranda and notices that were issued mainly by the Finance Department in 1936. There are also circulars from the Office of the Accountant-General, Central Revenues; the Auditor-General in India and the Home Department. The circulars contain regulations, rules, procedures, interpretation and guidance about the appointment, pay, pensions, allowances, leave, conduct and other conditions of service of Government of India employees, including:

• Superior Civil Services (Extraordinary Pensions) Rules, 1936;
• Amendment to Article 486 of the Civil Service Regulations about pay and allowances that count towards pension, 1936;
• Tables of values and instructions about the procedure for the commutation of pensions, 1936;
• Amendments to the pay and grade schedules of Central Services staff, 1936;
• Amendments 1936-1937, to the Revised Leave Rules 1933, regarding earned leave;
• Guidance on interpreting the Public Service Commission (Functions) Rules 1926, with regard to the difference between non-selection for promotion and the withholding of a promotion as a disciplinary measure, 1936;
• Amendments 1937, to the Government Servants’ Conduct Rules, 1935 relating to the prohibition against the participation in political movements in India by Government employees;
• Ruling 1936, by the Department of Education, Health and Lands about whether medical officers in the Indian Medical Service should be allowed to maintain or have a financial interest in nursing homes and private hospitals, under the Government Servants’ Conduct Rules, 1935.

The file also contains correspondence 1936, between the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire and the Accountant-General, Central Services, New Delhi about the entitlement of a Residency clerk to arrears of incremental pay for 1932, despite a break in service in 1934.