private hospitality – recommendation No. 24 of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption.

(3) Familiarity arising out of private hospitality – recommendation No. 24 of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption.

Recommendation No. 24 contained in paragraph 6.11 of the report of the Committee on prevention of Corruption, has been carefully considered in the light of the comments received from the Ministries/Departments. The following decisions were reached in regard to this recommendation :-

(i) The distinction between Economic Ministries and other Ministries may not serve any useful purpose as officers were liable to transfer and a business house may find it worth-while to invest in an officer even though he were in a non-Economic Ministry, in the hope that this investment would be useful later on.

(ii) It is essential to avoid the familiarity arising out of private hospitality. When in doubt, an officer should abstain from an invitation and he should not accept invitations particularly from person who have cases pending before him.

2. Attention of the Ministries etc. is also invited to the provisions contained in Rule 13 of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, issued in Ministry of Home Affairs Notification No. 25/4/63-Ests.(A), dated 30th November, 1964, particularly to Note (2) under the said Rule.

3. A doubt was also expressed whether if a Minister accepts an invitation, it should be incumbent on the official to accept it. It has been decided that in such cases it would not be incumbent on the official to accept the invitation.

[MHA OM No. 43/60/64-AVD, dated 18.01.1965]