Civil Service Personnel Rules Rule 224

224. In reviewing an appeal:
(a) the appeal request may be dismissed when the appeal request form does not comply with the provisions prescribed in the rules 220 and 221 or it is found out to be the repetition of the previous appeal which has already been done with no new facts;
(b) if the appeal request form complies with the provisions prescribed in the rules 220 and 221 and has grounds for entertaining it, the appeal request shall be accepted;
(c) if the appeal is applied to the impose of disciplinary penalty:
(i) it shall be scrutinized whether or not the procedures are right and whether there is justice or not in the departmental enquiry;
(ii) it shall be scrutinized whether the judgement that the service personnel is guilty complies with the relevant laws, rules, regulations and bye-laws and whether there are sufficient evidence according to the documents and accounts related to the case;
(iii) it shall be scrutinized whether the penalty is more severe than it should be and whether there is conformity between the penalty and the gravity of the offence committed.
(d) if the appeal is against the order of suspension or the order affecting the pay, allowance, duty hours and calculation of term of service for the purpose of pension, it is to be considered whether such order should be amended or not.