Chapter XV
Disciplinary Offences
161. The departmental action may be taken against the service personnel for any of the following disciplinary offences relating to working hours:
(a) lateness for work without sufficient reasons;
(b) early departure from work without sufficient reasons;
(c) habitual absence from work without permission of the responsible superior officer;
(d) absence without leave in breach of leave disciplines;
(e) taking more days than admissible leave or failure to return to work at the end of the leave period without sufficient reasons;
(f) failure to join the transferred post at the end of the admissible joining time without sufficient reasons.