Representation on service matters by relatives should be discouraged

No Government servant shall bring or attempt to bring any political or other outside influence to bear upon any superior authority to further his interests in respect of matters pertaining to his service under Government.

Government of India Decisions

(1) Representation on service matters by relatives should be discouraged – 

Relatives of a Government servant sometime make representations concerning service matters affecting the Government servant. This is done in some cases in the hope of reviving a representation which the Government servant had himself made and which had been turned down. In some cases, the procedure is resorted to in order to get round the requirements that the Government servant should submit his representation through his official superiors. The practice is obviously undesirable and should be strongly discouraged. It has accordingly been decided that no notice should be taken of a representation on service matters submitted by a relative of a Government servant. The only exception may be cases in which because of the death or physical disability, etc. of the Government servant, it is impossible for the Government servant himself to submit a representation.

[MHA OM No. F25/21/63-Ests.(A), dated 19.09.1963]