declaration of all immovable property

Control over immovable property held or acquired by Government servants.—Subject to the provisions of any general or special orders of Government, every Government servant shall make to the Government, through the usual channel, a declaration of all immovable property which may, from time to time, be held or acquired by him or by his wife or by any member of his family living with or in any way dependent upon him. The declaration shall state the District or State within which the property is situated and should give such further particulars as Government may, by general or special order require. The declaration must include all immovable property held or acquired by aGovermnent servant in his own name or in the name of any other person wherever situated in India. It should as far as possible, give all the details required in the Form in Appendix-A; Whenever a Government servant by inheritance, succession or bequest becomes possessed of immovable property in the district or taluk in which he employed, or of the interest in such immovable property contemplated by the rule, he must communicate all particulars thereof through the usual channel to Government. All Government servants except those in the '[part-time Contingent Service] must submit to Government not later, than the 15th January each year, a statement in the Formgiven in Appendix-A showing all the immovable 2 [and/or movable] properties of which he stood possessed or in which he had an interest at the close of the preceding calendar year; 3 [Provided that the movable property worth Z 25,000 or less or as fixed by the Government from time to time need not be included in the Statement: Provided further that once 'On-line' filing of Statement as per Rule 37 or Rule 39, as the case may be, is implemented in a Department, filing of the Statements in paper shall be discontinued in that Department.]  

The Government or any authority empowered by it in this behalf may, at any time, by general or special order, require a Government servant to submit, within a period specified in the order a full and complete statement of such movable or immovable property held or acquired by him or by any member of his family as may be specified in the order. Such statement shall, if so required by the Government or by the authority so empowered, include details of the means by which or the source from which, such property was acquired

39. If in any year a Government servant has neither acquired nor relinquished or otherwise disposed of any immovable I [/movable property, or any interest in immovable '[/movable] property, he need not submit the I [full] statement referred to in rule 37 above but shall instead submit a certificate to that effect '[statement in the form in Part I Appendix A.]. 49. The annual return should include all immovable property acquired or registered in the name of the Government servant either on his own account or as a trustee, executor or administrator, or acquired or registered in the name of or held or managed by any member of his family. In the case of a Government servant who follows the Marumakkathayam Law the statement should include acquisitions-of immovable property by his consort. If a Government servant receives an order of transfer to a. district or taluk in which he possesses or has an interest in immovable property he must at once bring the fact to the notice of his immediate superior. Any attempt to mislead and any failure to give, full and correct information will render the Government servant concerned liable to disciplinary punishment.