THE RAILWAY SERVANTS
(DISCIPLINE & APPEAL) RULES, 1968
PART - VI
REVISION AND REVIEW
25. Revision -
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules -
(i) the President, or
(ii) the Railway Board, or
(iii) the General Manager of a Railway Administration or an authority of that status in the case of a Railway servant serving under his control, or
(iv) the appellate authority not below the rank of a Divisional Railway Manager in cases where no appeal has been preferred, or
(v) any other authority not below the rank of Deputy Head of Department in the case of a Railway servant serving under his control -
may at any time, either on his or its own motion or otherwise, call for the records of any inquiry and revise any order made under these rules or under the rules repealed by Rule 29, after consultation with the Commission, where such consultation is necessary, and may -
(a) confirm, modify or set aside the order; or
(b) confirm, reduce, enhance or set aside the penalty imposed by the order, or impose any penalty where no penalty has been imposed; or
(c) remit the case to the authority which made the order or to any other authority directing such authority to make such further inquiry as it may consider proper in the circumstances of the case; or
(d) pass such orders as it may deem fit:
Provided that -
(a) no order imposing or enhancing any penalty shall be made by any revising authority unless the Railway servant concerned has been given a reasonable opportunity of making a representation against the penalty proposed;
(b) subject to the provisions of Rule 14, where it is proposed to impose any of the penalties specified in clauses (v) to (ix) of Rule 6 or the penalty specified in clause (iv) of Rule 6 which falls within the scope of the provisions contained in sub-rule (2) of Rule 11 or to enhance the penalty imposed by the order under revision to any of the penalties specified in this sub-clause, no such penalty shall be imposed except after following the procedure for inquiry in the manner laid down in Rule 9, unless such inquiry has already been held, and also except after consultation with the Commission, where such consultation is necessary.
(2) No proceeding for revision shall be commenced until after -
(i) the expiry of the period of limitation for appeal; or
(ii) the disposal of the appeal where any such appeal has been preferred:
Provided that the provisions of this sub-rule shall not apply to the revision of punishment in case of Railway accidents.
(3) An application for revision shall be dealt with in the same manner as if it were an appeal under these rules.
(4) No power of revision shall be exercised under this rule -
(i) by the appellate or revising authority where it has already considered the appeal or the case and passed orders thereon; and
(ii) by a revising authority unless it is higher than the appellate authority where an appeal has been preferred or where no appeal has been preferred and the time limit laid down for revision by the appellate authority, has expired:
Provided that nothing contained in clauses (i) and (ii) above, shall apply to revision by the President.
(5) No action under this rule shall be initiated by -
(a) an appellate authority other than the President; or
(b) the revising authorities mentioned in item (v) of sub-rule (1) -after more than six months from the date of the order to be revised in cases where it is proposed to impose or enhance a penalty or modify the order to the detriment of the Railway servant; or more than one year after the date of the order to be revised in cases where it is proposed to reduce or cancel the penalty imposed or modify the order in favour of the Railway servant:
Provided that when revision is undertaken by the Railway Board or the General Manager of a Zonal Railway or an authority of the status of a General Manager in any other Railway Unit or Administration when they are higher than the appellate Authority, and by the President even when he is the appellate authority, this can be done without restriction of any time limit.
Explanation: For the purposes of this sub-rule the time limits for revision of cases shall be reckoned from the date of issue of the orders proposed to be revised. In cases where original order has been upheld by the appellate authority, the time limit shall be reckoned from the date of issue of the appellate orders.
25-A. Review - The President may at any time either on his own motion or otherwise review any order passed under these rules when any new material or evidence which could not be produced or was not available at the time of passing the order under review and which has the effect of changing the nature of the case has come or has been brought to his notice:
Provided that no order imposing or enhancing any penalty shall be made by the President unless the Railway servant concerned has been given a reasonable opportunity of making a representation against the penalty proposed or where it is proposed to impose any of the major penalties specified in Rule 6 or to enhance the minor penalty imposed by the order sought to be reviewed to any of the major penalties and if an enquiry under Rule 9 has not already been held in the case, no such penalty shall be imposed except after inquiring in the manner laid down in Rule 9, subject to the provisions of Rule 14 and except after consultation with the Commission where such consultation is necessary.