Departmental Action

Departmental Action

38. For Failure of rule of conduct, violation of discipline and failure of duty of services personnel, it shall be taken departmental action in accord with Law, rules, regulations related to maintenance of disciplines of services personnel. If the act or failure of a services personnel is a matter amounting to an offence, it shall be taken legal action.

39. If a services personnel is convicted by the Court, the relevant head of Services Personnel Organization may, considering the offence he has committed and the penalty convicted, take departmental action to impose any penalty related to services personnel for administrative requirement.

40. In respect of a case filed against a services personnel, the relevant Head of Services Personnel Organization may take departmental action upon such services personnel if such case filed is a matter accounted as failure of rule of conduct or violation of discipline, or failure of duty, or misconduct although the Court passed any order of discharge or acquittal.

41. If the case is distinct that the services personnel is guilty, it may pass suitable penalty relating to services personnel without holding departmental inquiry.