Civil Service Personnel Rules Rule 212

212. In respect of stipulations to impose penalties:
(a) the four penalties –written warning, withholding of increment, withholding of promotion and compensation for of the loss may be imposed by the board chaired by the person authorized to appoint the service personnel or the board chaired by the person to whom the authority is delegated;
(b) penalties or orders of reduction of pay within the pay scale, demotion, not permitting full pay during temporary suspension or not treating suspension as on duty, removal from a post or dismissal shall be made only by the board chaired by the person authorized to appoint the service personnel;
(c) in order to facilitate the disciplinary proceedings and to maintain disciplines effectively, the authority to impose penalties may be delegated by rank according to the formation and nature of the work of the service personnel organizations.

Explanation: In imposing the penalty of removal from a post and dismissal, the penalty will take effect only after it is approved by the head of the service personnel organization for staff and by the head of the Ministry and organization for gazetted officers.