APPENDIX 9
THE CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES
(MEDICAL EXAMINATION) RULES, 1957
THE CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES
(MEDICAL EXAMINATION) RULES, 1957
In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article
309 and Clause (5) of Article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation
with the comptroller and Auditor – General in relation to persons serving in the
Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following
rules, namely.
1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services
(medical Examination) rules 1957
2. These rules shall apply to every person
(a) Who is member of a Civil Service of the Union or
(b) Who holds a civil post under the union : or
(c) Who is civilian Government Servant in the Defence Services.
But shall not apply to any railway servant as defined in Rule
102 of Volume 2 of the Indian Railways Establishment Code.
EXPLANATION : For the purpose of this sub – rule “Defence
service” means services under the Government of India in the Ministry of Defence
paid out of the Defence Service Estimate and not subject to the Army Act, 1950
(6 of 1950), the Navy Act, 1957 (62 of 1957) and the Air Force Act, 1959 (45 of
1959)
2(1) Where the competent authority has reasort to believe that
a Government servant to whom these rules apply is suffering from
(a) a contagios disease, or
(b) a physical or mental disability which is its opinion
interferes with the efficient discharge of his duties.
The authority may direct, the Government servant to undergo a
medical examination within such period not exceeding one month as may be
specified by it may, if considers it essential to do so, also direct the
Government servant to proceed on leave forthwith pending medical examination.
Such leave shall not be debited to the leave account of the Government servant,
if the examining Medical Authority Subsequently impressed the opinion that it
was unnecessary for the Government servant to have been required to proceed on
leave.
(2) On the basis of the Opinion expressed by the examining
medical authority and subject to the provisions of sub-rule (3) the competent
1.G.I.M.H.A., Notification No.38/11/54-Estt.(A) dated the
28th December 1957 I attended by Notification No.38/3/59 Estt(A)
dated the 22nd September 1960 and No.38/3/66-Estt,(A) dated the
6th April 1967.
Authority may require the Government servant to proceed on
leave or if, he is already on leave to continue to remain on leave or may retire
him from service if he is a permanent Government servant, or may terminate his
services if he is a quasi-permanent Government servant.
(3) The procedure for a medical examination, grant of leave on
retirement from service, or termination of service under this rule shall be such
as the President may by order prescribe.
(4) For the purpose of this rule, competent authority in
relation to a Government servant means the authority competent to dismiss him
and includes such other authority as the President may by order specify in his
behalf.
(5) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that
non-compliance with a direction given under sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2), of
this rule will be considered a good and sufficient reason for the imposition of
a penalty in accordance with the rules governing discipline applicable to the
Government servant concerned.
(3) A Government servant who has retired form service under
sub-rule (2) of rule 2 maybe granted such invalid pension, gratuity or Provident
Fund benefits as may be admissible to him under the rules applicable to him on
the date of such retirement.
3-A A Government servant whose services have been terminated in
pursuance of sub-rule (2) of rule 2 may be granted such gratuity as may be
admissible under the rules applicable to him on the date of such termination.
4. If any question arises relating to the interpretation of
these rules, it shall be referred to the Government whose decision thereon shall
be final.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA’S DECISIONS
(1) I In pursuance of sub-rule (3) of Rule 2 of the Central
Civil services (Medical Examination) Rules, 1959 (hereinafter referred to as the
said rules) the examining Medical authority shall be.
(a) A Medical Board, in the case of (i) all Gazetted Government
servants and (ii) those non-gazetted Government servants who pay, as defined in
Rule 9(21) of the Fundamental Rules, exceeds Rs.750 p.m.
(b) a Civil Surgeon or District Medical officer or a Medical
Officer of equivalent status, in other cases.
2.(1) The authority directing the Government servant to undergo
medical examination under sub-rule (1) of Rule 2 of the said rules shall
communicate to the examining medical authority all such details concerning the
medical history of the case as might be available in his office records of the
case and shall include a directive and the standard of physical fitness to be
adopted should make due allowance for the age and length of service of the
Government servant concerned.
1.Now Rs.2,200 p.m. see rule 38, CCS (Pension) Rules , 1972
2. The authority directing the Government servant to proceed on
leave pending medical examination under sub-rule (1) of Rule 2 of the said rules
shall also intimate the fact to the examining medical authority and require it
to express an opinion on the necessity for the Government servant to have been
required to proceed on leave.
3(1) If the examining medical authority finds the Government
servant to be in a bad state of health and consider that a period of absence
from duty in necessary in his case for the recovery of his health, it may
recommend the grant of leave to him for that period.
(2) If that authority considers that there is no reasonable
prospect of the Government servant recovering his health and becoming fit to
resume his duties, it shall record the opinion that the Government servant is
permanently incapacitated for service and also give detailed reasons for that
opinion.
(3) In either case the examining medical authority shall
communicate is findings to the authority which directed the Government servant
to undergo the medical examination.
(4) (1) A Government servant in whose case the grant of leave
is recommended by the examining medical authority, shall be required to proceed
on leave, or if he is already on leave, continue o remain on leave, by the
authority competent to grant him leave as soon as findings of the medical
authority becomes available.
(5) The leave granted under sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2) or
Rule 2 of be said rules shall be such nature and for much period as would be
admissible to the Government servant under the rules applicable to him if he had
applied for the leave on medical certificates provided that the period of leave
shall not extend beyond the date of expiry of the period recommended by the
medical authority.
5. (1) A Government servant declared by the examining medical
authority to be permanently incapacitated for further service shall be retired
from service, but before the Government servant is actually retired from
service, the authority which directed him to undergo the medical examination
shall inform him in wiring of the action proposed to be taken.
(2) the Government servant shall also be informed that
(a) subject to the provisions of supplementary Rule 233 (1) (b)
and (2) cf.Rule 20 of CCS (Leave) Rules 1972 as the case may be, and any orders
regarding grant of leave to persons suffering form specified diseases like
tuberculosis, his retirement will have effect on expiry of a period of one month
the date of communication unless be so desires to retire form an earlier date
(b) he may submit, if he so desires, within the period of one
month, a request to be examined by Medical Review Board supported by prima facie
evidence that good grounds exist for doing so; and
(c) if he prefers a request for examination by a medical review
Board, he shall be liable to pay the fees prescribed under paragraph 7 below.
(3) For the period from the date of communication upto the date
of retirement under paragraph 6, the Government servant shall be granted leave
under the rules applicable to his post or service as if he had applied for leave
on medical certificate.
6. On receipt of an application for review, the competent
authority shall taken steps to constitute a special review Board in consultation
with the administrative Medical Officer of the state. If the Review Board
confirms the opinion of the examining authority, the retirement of the
Government servant shall, subject to the provisions of SR 233(1) (b) and (2)
Rule 20 of CCS (leave) Rules, 1972 be effective from the date on which the
decision is communicated to be Government servant, if on the other hand, the
Review Board recommends grant of leave to the government servant. Action shall
be taken as provided in Paragraph 4
7. The entire expenditure for medical examination conducted at
the instance of the employing department to ascertain whether a Government
servant is fit for continuance in service or not shall he borne by the
Government. This will include Travelling Allowance as on tour with halting
allowance where the medical examination is carried out at a station other than
the headquarters of the Government servant concerned and also reimbursement of
fee charged. If any, for much examination. The expenditure incurred in
assembling the Review Board shall also be borne by the Government, provided that
the Government servant shall be required to pay a prescribed fee which shall be
refunded if the Government servant is not retired or his services are not
terminated as recommended by the examining authority.
(G.I.M.H.A.O.M.No.38/3/63-Ess(A) dated the 12th
September 1963)
(2) Under orders of the Government of India no employee is
under any circumstances whatever, has to be retained in active employment when
he is physically or mentally unfit for the proper discharge of his duty. When a
Government servant is in bad health and unable to perform his duties in a
satisfactory manner, it is his business to apply for and obtain leave. If he
does not go on leave and neglects his duty, the excuse, if put forward, that he
was in bad health, will not accepted. In appropriate cases, the employees may be
sent for medical examination for adjudging his fitness to continue in service in
accordance with the provisions of the above rules.
