The Centre has revised guidelines for Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officers going on study leave, making it mandatory for them to follow the service rules, failure of which would attract disciplinary and consequential actions.
The move comes after it noticed instances of certain all India service officers not conducting themselves fully in consonance with the spirit of the AIS (Conduct) Rules, 1968 while on study leave.
Now, such officers will have to give an undertaking as part of a revised bond that they will abide by the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968 and the guidelines on conduct during study leave, failure of which would make them liable for disciplinary action, according to a Personnel Ministry order.
