Submission of Assets and Liabilities Declaration under Lokpal and placing the same in public domain: DoPT’s Instructions

Submission of Assets and Liabilities Declaration under Lokpal and placing the same in public domain: DoPT’s Instructions

F.
No.
110131312014-Estt(A) 

Ministry of
Personnel, Public
Grievances
&
Pensions 

Department
of
Personnel and Training 

Establishment Division

North
Block,
New
Delhi 

Dated
July
23,2014 

The
undersigned
is
directed
to
refer
to
the subject mentioned above
and
to
say that the
Government
has
notified
the
Public
Servants
(Furnishing of
Information and
Annual Return
of Assets
and Liabilities
and
the
limits
for
Exemption
of
Assets
in Filing
Returns)
Rules, 2014
under
the
Lokpal
and Lokayuktas
Act. 2013.
on
14.07.2014.
The
same is
available
on
this
Department’s
website
at
http://persmin.nic.in/Lokpal_Homepage~New.asp. 

2.
As
per
the
said
Act and
the
Rules framed
thereunder.
every
public
servant
shall
file
declarations.
information or
return.
as
the case
may
be
regarding his
assets
and liabilities
as
on
the
31st day of
March
every
year.
to
the
competent authority,
on
or before
the
31″
day
of
July
of that year. It
may
be
noted that
as
per
Section
2(1)(o)
of the Act,
“Public Servant”
means
a
person referred
to
in clauses
(a)
to
(h)
of
sub-sectlon
(1)
of
section
14
of
the
Act but
does
not
include
a public servant
in
respect
of
whom
the
jurisdiction
is
exercisable
by
any
court
or
other authority under
the
Army Act,
1950.
the
Air Force
kt,
1950,
the
Navy
Act. 1957
and
the
Coast
Guard
Act.
1978
or
the
procedure
is
applicable
to
such
public servant
under
those
Acts. 

3.
It
may
also
be
noted
that
the definition of public
servant
covers all Central
Government
servants
(Groups
A.
B
and
C).
Therefore,
all
Central
Govenmient
servants
are
req~ired
to
file
the
declaration.
This
is
an
important
difference
from the Central Civil
Services
(Conduct) Rules
1964 and
may
kindly
be
noted. 

4.
As
per
these
Rules.
the
public servants
who
have
filed
declarations.
information
and
annual
returns
of
property under
the
provisions
of
the
rules
applicable
to
such
public
servants
shall
file the
revised declarations. information or
as the case
may be.
annual
returns
as
on
the 1st day of
August,
2014, to
the
competent authority
on
or
before the
15th day
of
September.
2014.
All
Ministries/Departments
are accordingly. requested
to
please
bring
the
provisions of
the
Public
Servants
(furnishing
of
Information
and Annual Return of
Assets and Liabilities
and
the
limits
for
Exemption
of
Assets
in
Filing
Returns)
Rules.
2014.
to
the notice of
all
concerned for
compliance. 

5.
Formal
amendment
to the
Central Civil
Services (Conduct) Rules
1964
will
be made
in
due
course.