All India Services Rules for Conduct, Disciplinary Action

In the showdown between the West Bengal government and the CBI, the Union Home Ministry asked the state Chief Secretary to take action against five IPS officers who had shared the stage with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during her sit-in protest in Kolkata.

A look at the rules officers are to follow, and the action to be taken for any violation:

Political Neutrality
  • The All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968, stress the importance of political neutrality. Rule 3 states that “every member of the Service shall maintain political neutrality”.
  • Rule-5(1) says that “no member of the ....
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