No Government servant shall be an office-bearer of any communal or religious organisation or of such trust or society.

PERSONNEL AND AI)MINISTRATIVE REFORMS (ADVICE-C) DEPARTIME?4T. - • NOTIFICATION ci 0. (1') No. 2712014/P&AF.D. Dated; Thiruvananthapuram 7th August, 2014. S. R. 0. No. 480/2014—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (I) of section 2 of the Kerala Public Services Act, 1968 (19 of 1968) read with section 3 thereof, the Government of Kerala hereby make the following rules further to amend the Kerala Government Servants' Conduct Rules, 1960, namely:- RULES Short title and commencement.—(I) These Rules may be called the Kerala Government Servants' Conduct (Amendment) Rules, 2014. (2) They shall come into force at once. Amendment of the Rules.—In the Kerala Government Servants' Conduct Rules, 1960, after rule 67, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:- "67A. Taking partin communal or religious activity.—U) No Government servant shall be an office-bearer of any communal or religious organisation or of such trust or society. 01 A Government servant shall, within one month of his assuming charge as an office, bearer of any scientific, literary or charitable society or of such trust or organisation, inform the Government regarding the assumption of charge and, if in the opinion of the Government his continuance as such officebearer is not in public interest, he shall resign from such office. No Government servant shall, while associating himself with any society, trust or organisation referred to in sub-rule (2), take part in any activity that involves collection of money or accept any subscription or other pecuniary assistance from any person or public or private entity." By order of the Governor, K. AJAYAKIJP.IAR, Secretary to Government. Explanatory Note (This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.) Instance have been brought to the notice of the Government that Government servants who are office-bearers of communal or religious organisations, trusts or societies accept subscription and other pecuniary assistance and take part in activities which involve collection of mohey from persons, public or private entities. Since the existing provisions in the Kerala Government Servant's Conduct Rules, 1960 are insufficient to prohibit such activities or Government Servants, the Governmen have decided to incbrporate suitable provisions in the said Rules. This notification is intended to achieve the above object.