The service-rule book, read from the DoPT text and the orders in force: FR 9 definitions, lien, pay fixation and the DNI option, increments, additional charge (FR 49), subsistence allowance and reinstatement, FR 56 retirement, foreign service, and the SR travel, transfer and service-book rules at today's rates.
18 sections · 66 explained questions · 11 ★ volatile facts · English and Hindi
WHY THIS NOTE EXISTS
Service rules are the working law of a Head of School — every pay fixation, suspension, additional charge, retirement and TA bill a Principal signs rests on them. They sit under syllabus heads (v) Management & Financial Administration and (vi) Office Procedure.
The 17 July 2022 Principal paper asked service rules seven times — leave encashment (q101), the kind of leave (q102), casual leave (q103), suspension (q106), service-book retention (q111), lien (q118) and an office order (q099). It asked them as scenarios with a rule behind them, not as rule numbers. Neither 2022 paper asked TA arithmetic.
How to use this note. Learn the definitions (Part 2), pay fixation and increments (Part 4), additional charge (Part 6), suspension (Part 8) and retirement (Part 9) thoroughly — they carry most of the marks. The SR travel tables (Part 12) are a small set of fixed numbers: learn them once, re-verify them in October.
Numbers that change — DA-linked rates, ceilings, the scheme of pay — are marked ★. Re-check every ★ fact in October 2026.
The rest of this note
WHY THIS NOTE EXISTS
WHAT THE FRs AND SRs ARE
THE DEFINITIONS (FR 9)
GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SERVICE (FR 10–18)
PAY, PROMOTION AND INCREMENTS (FR 19–35)
ADDITIONS TO PAY (FR 36–48)
ADDITIONAL CHARGE (FR 49) ★
DEPUTATION OUT OF INDIA (FR 50–51-A)
DISMISSAL, SUSPENSION AND REINSTATEMENT (FR 52–55)
RETIREMENT (FR 56)
LEAVE AND JOINING TIME (FR 58–108-A)
FOREIGN SERVICE (FR 109–127)
THE SUPPLEMENTARY RULES IN USE TODAY
HOW THESE RULES REACH A DELHI SCHOOL
WHO DECIDES WHAT
THE EXAMINER'S ANGLE, AND THE TRAPS
QUICK REVISION
SOURCES, AND WHAT DISAGREES
Three questions from this note, solved
Q16
Consider the following statements:
1. Under FR 10, the Central Government may dispense with the medical certificate of health in an individual case, and may exempt a class of Government servants from it by general order.
2. Under FR 11, a PGT may be required to do work that would ordinarily be paid for from the funds of a body substantially controlled by the Government, without any claim for additional remuneration.
3. Under FR 46, an authority sanctioning a fee or an honorarium must record in writing that due regard has been paid to the principle laid down in FR 11.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer (d).
All three are correct. FR 10: no appointment 'without a medical certificate of health', but the Central Government may prescribe its form, dispense with it in an individual case and exempt a class by general order (the rules under FR 10 are SR 3, 4 and 4-A). FR 11: 'the whole time of a Government servant is at the disposal of the Government which pays him, and he may be employed in any manner required by proper authority, without claim for additional remuneration, whether the services required of him are such as would ordinarily be remunerated from general revenues, from a local fund or from the funds of a body … wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Government.' FR 46 clause c: 'In the case of both fees and honoraria, the sanctioning authority shall record in writing that due regard has been paid to the general principle enunciated in Fundamental Rule 11' and its reasons.
(a) is wrong because statement 3 is also correct — FR 46 ties every fee and honorarium back to FR 11.(b) is wrong because statement 1 is correct; FR 10 expressly allows dispensing in an individual case and exempting a class.(c) is wrong because statement 2 is correct; FR 11 covers work paid from a Government-controlled body's funds.
Q11
Consider the following statements:
Statement-I: A temporary TGT of the Directorate who is selected for a post in another Central Government office retains no lien in the Directorate.
Statement-II: A permanent Government servant appointed in another Central Government office has to resign from his parent department unless he reverts within 2 years, or 3 years in exceptional cases.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
(a) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II explains Statement-I
(b) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
(c) Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
(d) Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct
Answer (b).
Both are correct, but II does not explain I. DoPT's consolidated OM on technical resignation and lien (24.11.2022, para 3.3, restating OM 8/4/70-Estt(C) of 06.03.1974): a permanent servant appointed elsewhere 'has to resign from his parent department unless he reverts to that department within a period of 2 years, or 3 years in … exceptional cases' — the exceptional case being non-confirmation in the new office within 2 years, which allows one more year. Separately, 'Temporary Government servants will be required to severe connections with the Government in case of their selection for outside posts. No lien will be retained in such cases.' Statement-II is about permanent servants, so it cannot explain a rule about temporary ones; the temporary TGT has no lien to retain in the first place (FR 9(13) needs a regular appointment).
(a) is wrong because the 2/3-year window applies to permanent servants and says nothing about why a temporary servant keeps no lien.(c) is wrong because Statement-II reproduces the 2-year (3 in exceptional cases) rule correctly.(d) is wrong because the OM says in terms that no lien is retained by a temporary servant selected for an outside post.
Q19
Match the rule in List-I with its content in List-II:
| List-I (rule) | List-II (content) |
|---|---|
| A. FR 46(a) | 1. A Government servant engaged in scientific or technical research may not apply for a patent without Central Government permission |
| B. FR 46(b) | 2. A premium awarded for an essay or plan in a public competition may be received and retained without special permission |
| C. FR 48 | 3. Remuneration for work that is occasional or intermittent and either so laborious or of such special merit as to justify a special reward |
| D. FR 48-A | 4. Remuneration for a specified service for a private or public body, permitted only without detriment to official duties |
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
(b) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
(c) A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
(d) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
Answer (b).
FR 46 clause a (fees): a servant may be permitted, 'if this can be done without detriment to his official duties and responsibilities', to perform a specified service for a private person or body or a public body and receive a fee — A-4. FR 46 clause b (honoraria): for work 'occasional or intermittent in character and either so laborious or of such special merit as to justify a special reward', normally only with prior consent and an amount settled in advance — B-3. FR 48: may be received and retained 'without special permission' — first on its list, 'the premium awarded for any essay or plan in public competitions' — C-2. FR 48-A: a servant 'whose duties involve the carrying out of scientific or technical research' may not apply for a patent 'save with the permission of the Central Government' — D-1.
(a) is wrong because it swaps fee and honorarium: the no-detriment specified-service rule is the fee clause, not the honorarium clause.(c) is wrong because it gives the patent bar to FR 48, which is the list of receipts needing no permission.(d) is wrong because it swaps fee and honorarium and also swaps FR 48 and FR 48-A.
