Application

The provisions contained in this Schedule shall apply to all employees of the Institute.

Definitions

In this Schedule unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Competent Authority" means

  • "The Board of Governors" in the case of the Vice-Chancellor.
  • "The Vice-Chancellor" in the case of all other employees.

(b) "Members of the Family" in relation to an employee includes

  • the spouse, child or step-child of such employees residing with and dependent on the employee, and
  • any other person related, whether by blood or by marriage to the employee or to such employee's wife or husband and wholly dependent on such employee, but does not include a wife or husband legally separated from the employee or child or step-child who is no longer in any way dependent upon him or her, or whose custody the employee has been deprived of by law.

(c) "Service" means service under the Institute.

General

  • Every employee shall at all times maintain absolute integrity and devotion to duty, and also be strictly honest and impartial in his official dealings.
  • An employee should at all times be courteous in his/her dealings with other members of the staff, students and members of the public.
  • Unless otherwise stated specifically in the terms of appointment, every employee is a whole time employee of the Institute, and may be called upon to perform such duties, as may be assigned to him/her by competent authority, beyond scheduled working hours and on closed holidays and Sundays and during vacations. These duties shall inter-alia include attendance at meetings of committees to which he may be appointed by the Institute.
  • An employee shall be required to observe the scheduled hours of work, during which he/she must be present at the place of his duty.
  • Except for valid reasons and/or unforeseen contingencies no employee shall be absent from duty without prior permission.
  • No employee shall leave station except with the previous permission of proper authority, even during leave or vacation.
  • Whenever leaving the station, an employee shall inform the Head of the Department to which he/she is attached, or Vice-Chancellor if he/she is himself/herself the Head of a Department, the address where he would be available during the period of his/her absence from station.

Taking part in Politics and Election

  • No employee shall take active part in politics in the campus of the Institute or exploit his official position for political ends or permit the use of Institute facilities for political purposes. In other cases where he stands for election he must take leave of absence from the Institute.
  • An employee may seek election to the local Municipal Board.

Vindication of acts and character of employees

No employee shall, except with the previous sanction of the competent authority, have recourse to any Court of Law or to the Press for the vindication of any official act which has been the subject matter of adverse criticism or an attack of defamatory character.

Provided nothing in this rule shall be deemed to prohibit an employee from vindicating his private character or any act done by him in his private capacity.