The following are the Minor Penalties prescribed under Discipline and Action (D&A) Rules, 1968:
( i ) Censure
( ii ) Withholding of his promotion for a specified period;
( iii ) Recovery from his pay of the whole or part of any
pecuniary loss caused by him to the Government or
Railway Administration by negligence or breach of
orders;
E(D&A)2000 RG 6-64 Dated 30.01.2001(RBE
22/2001)
( iii-a )Withholding of the Privilege Passes or Privilege Ticket
Orders or both;
( iii-b ) Reduction to a lower stage in the time scale of pay
for a period not exceeding three years, without
cumulative effect and not adversely affecting his
pension.
Reduction to lower stage in the time scale of pay by
one stage for a period not exceeding 3 years, without
cumulative effect and not adversely affecting his
pension.
Substituted vide Railway Board's letter No.
E(D&A)2003 RG 6-33 dated 10.12.2004 (RBE
255/2004).
( iv )Withholding of increments of pay for a specified
period with further directions as to whether on the
expiry of such period this will or will not have the
effect of postponing the future increments of his pay.