Civil Service Personnel Rule (First)

11. The expression “who are under departmental inquiry” in Rule 41 of the Civil Service Personnel Rules shall be substituted by the expression “who are under departmental enquiry”.

12. The expression “If he frees from the penalty only when the list is no longer valid, he shall take the assessment test again” in Rule 44 of the Civil Service Personnel Rules shall be substituted with the expression     “ If he does not free from the penalty at the time of the list is no longer valid, he shall take the assessment test again.”

13. In Rule 46 of the Civil Service Personnel Rules:
(a) Sub-rule (b) shall be substituted as follows;
“(b) shall be selected in accordance with the waiting list made by the personal profile, marks for term of service and performance evaluation report as prescribed in the Form (18).”
(b) Sub-rule (c) shall be substituted as follows;
“(c) the evaluation report for promotion of civil service personnel at the rank of time scale pay (160,000kyats- 2000kyats-170,000kyats) to (180,000kyats-2000kyats– 190,000kyats), shall initially be prepared as prescribed in the Form (19) by the officer at the rank of time scale pay (200,000kyats-2000kyats-210,000kyats) from the relevant services personnel organization and the comment shall be added by the head of the services personnel organization and then shall be finalized, confirmed and signed by the Head of the Ministry and the Organization.”
(c) Sub-rule (d) shall be substituted as follows;
“(d) if there is no officer at the rank of time scale pay (200,000kyats-2000kyats-210,000kyats) in the organizational set-up of the relevant services personnel organization the team led by the official at the rank of the time scale pay (180,000kyats-2000kyats- 190,000kyats) who is in charge of the administrative department and comprising other officers of the same rank shall prepare the initial evaluation report as prescribed in the Form (19) and the comment shall be added by the head of the services personnel organization.”
(d) Sub-rule (e) shall be substituted as follows;
“(e) the evaluation report for promotion of civil service personnel from the rank of time scale pay (180,000kyats-2000kyats- 190,000kyats) to the rank of time scale pay (200,000kyats- 2000kyats-210,000kyats) shall be prepared by the head of the services personnel organization as prescribed in the Form (19) and the comment shall be added by the higher level of the former and then shall be finalized, confirmed and signed by the Head of the Ministry and the Organization.”

14. After the expression “evaluation” in clause (iii) of sub-rule (f) of Rule 47 of the Civil Service Personnel Rules, the expression “as prescribed in the Form (19) shall be inserted”.

15. The expression “the head of the relevant services personnel organization may promote appropriately by exercising his authority” in Rule 48 of the Civil Service Personnel Rules shall be substituted with the expression “the head of the Ministry and the Organization or the head of the services personnel organization may agree to promote with approval of the Qualification Inspection Board.”

16. Rule 80 of the Civil Service Personnel Rules shall be substituted as follows:
“80. When the end of the calendar year, earned leaves which were left in the leave record shall be saved but it shall not exceed two months.”

17. Rule 101 of the Civil Service Personnel Rules shall be substituted as follows:
“101 (a) Female service personnel shall be entitled to the maternity leave for six months from the starting date of the leave.
(b) Maternity leave;
(i) shall not be granted as a continuation of other kinds of leave.
(ii) if requested with the evidence of the medical certificate, may be followed by other kinds of leave.
(iii) in the condition of miscarriage, shall be granted for not more than six weeks on submission of the evidence of the medical certificate.
(iv) in the condition of likelihood of miscarriage, shall not be granted but only other appropriate kind of leave may be granted.
(v) in the case of pre-eclampsia or eclampsia, the appropriate kind of leave shall be granted for not more than six weeks on submission of the evidence of the medical certificate without debiting against maternity leave.
(vi) for the birth of a twin or more than two babies, six weeks shall be granted as additional maternity leave to care for the babies after the date immediately at the end of ordinary maternity leave.
(c) if the husband of the concerned female giving birth is a civil service personnel, he shall be granted for two weeks to care for the baby. This two weeks shall be treated as on duty and granted with full pay.

19. In the Civil Service Personnel Rules:

• (a) The introductory part of the Rule 153 shall be deleted.
• (b) Sub-rule (a) of Rule 153 shall be substituted as follows;
  • “(a) The regional allowance is granted only when civil service personnel reside in the designated townships and either;
    • (i) They have been transferred by the relevant department, or
    • (ii) They are sent to do project, do research, survey or such kind of work for a minimum period
      exceeding four months, assigned as associated duties or perform as duties,
    • (iii) In line with the stipulations prescribed by the Ministry of Planning and Finance from time to time.”
• (c) Sub-rule (d) of Rule 153 shall be substituted as follows;
  • “(d) If civil service personnel have to go from the township where the regional allowance is granted to the township where the regional allowance is not granted for the purpose of attending national commemoration ceremony or performing assigned duty, attending a meeting or a departmental training or taking part in the interdepartmental or national competition or travel on duty within the country or abroad where the costs for accommodation and meal will not be borne by the relevant country or organization, they are entitled to the regional allowance where the costs for accommodation and meal will be borne by the relevant country or organization in foreign country, regional allowance shall be granted only for a period not more than four months.”

20. After the expression “service personnel is guilty” in sub-rule (b) of Rule 170 of the Civil Service Personnel Rules, shall be inserted the expression “ according to the sufficient evidence.”