Whenever a member desires to be heard in person, a Board of Inquiry or an Inquiry Officer will have to be appointed:

1. Whenever a member desires to be heard in person, a Board of Inquiry or an Inquiry Officer will have to be appointed: - The hearing in person, referred to in subrule (3), is really in the course of the inquiry to follow. Member of the Service has the option to say that the inquiry may proceed on the strength of the written statement filed by him and he does not wish to participate in person in the inquiry. 2. It is not necessary to hear the member concerned in person before the inquiry starts. It is sufficient if an opportunity of personal hearing is given to him in the course of the inquiry. If, however, the Government propose to inquire into the charges in such manner as they deem fit (and not by a Board of an Inquiry or Inquiry Officer) and the member desires to be heard in person, Government will have to appoint an inquiring authority as required by sub-rule (6). In other words, whenever a member desires to be heard in person, a Board of Inquiry or an Inquiry Officer will have to be appointed. Government can inquire into charges in such manner as they deem fit, only in cases where the member does not wish to be heard in person. [G.I., M.H.A. letter No. 7/7/59—AIS (III), dated 11-5-1959]