12 . 1 THE ALL INDIA SERVICES (DISCIPLINE AND APPEAL) RULES, 1969 — All-India Services Act, 1951

12 . 1 THE ALL INDIA SERVICES (DISCIPLINE AND APPEAL) RULES, 1969 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (I) of Section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951), the Central Government, after consultation with the Governments of the States concerned, hereby makes the following rules, namely:— Short title and commencement . — 1(1) These rules may be called the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969. 1(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. Definitions . — In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:— 2(a) 'Commission' means the Union Public Service Commission; 2(b) 'disciplinary authority' means the authority competent under these rules to impose on a member of the service any of the penalties specified in rule 6; 2 2(c) 'Government' means— (i) in the case of a member of the Service serving in connection with the affairs of a State, or who is deputed for service in any company, association or body of individuals whether incorporated or not, which is wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Government of a State, or in a local authority set up by an Act of the Legislature of a State, the Government of that State; (ii) in any other case, the Central Government; 3 2(d) member of the service means a member of an All India Service as defined in Section 2 of the All India Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951). 4 (dd) 'Probationer' means a person appointed to the Service on probation; 2(e) 'State Government concerned' in relation to a joint cadre, means the Government of all the States for which the joint cadre is constituted and includes the Government of a State nominated by the Government of all such States to represent them in relation to a particular matter. PART II — SUSPE