Conditions for recognition

(a) Conditions for recognition.—No association of Government servants or association purporting to represent Government servants or any class thereof shall be recognised unless it satisfies the following conditions, namely:- (1) (i) The association must consist of a distinct class of Government employees and must represent 25 per cent of the total strength of that class or 50 persons whichever is higher. 22 Note 1.—Class I and Class II Officers shall not be allowed to be members in the same association in which Class III Officers are members and vice versa. Note 2—The Heads of Departments concerned will satisfy themselves about the prescribed minimum representative strength and report to Government while forwarding the applications from Service Association for the grant of recognition. Every Government employee of the same class must be eligible for membership of the Association; Persons who are not in the seivice Of Government shall not be office bearers of the Association; and The Association must not be formed on a territorial or communal basis. - (2) The Association shall not be, in any way, connected with, or affiliated to any association, which does not, or any federation of associations, which do not, satisfy condition (1). (3) The Association shall not be, in any way, connected with any political party or organisation.