Government servants not to be employed in private business

Government servants not to be employed in private business.—The employment of a Government servant including a Government servant in Last Grade Service in making purchase or in any private matters in which the receipt or expenditure of money is coneerned is most strictly prohibited. It is, however, not intended that this prohibition should preclude any officer froth employing a Government servant including a Government servant in Last Grade Service, to provide for him a conveyance or necessary supplies while he is travelling on duty though in all such transactions constant vigilance is needed to prevent cheating and extortion.