Tax of govt servant
Querist :
Anonymous
(Querist) 24 January 2012
This query is : Resolved
Hello
i am a govt servant but i also have other source of income(taxable) other than my salary from other means etc shop , part time job land. but i am not paying any tax on that. my query can my employer initiate action on against me.
Sailesh Kumar Shah
(Expert) 24 January 2012
Not only employer also income tax department can also take action against for tax evasion.
Querist :
Anonymous
(Querist) 24 January 2012
the action of Income Tax Depptt is understood. But why the employer would take action under which rule ,specially when no wrong has been done to its stakes. please clarify
prabhakar singh
(Expert) 24 January 2012
You can not undertake several jobs of profit
Read you service rules of conduct.
Sailesh Kumar Shah
(Expert) 25 January 2012
THE CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES (CONDUCT) RULES, 1964
Extract:-
15. Private trade or employment
(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (2), no Government servant shall,
except with the previous sanction of the Government-
(a) engage directly or indirectly in any trade or business, or
(b) negotiate for, or undertake, any other employment, or
(c) hold an elective office, or canvass for a candidate or candidates for an
elective office, in any body, whether incorporated or not, or
(d) canvass in support of any business of insurance agency, commission agency,
etc., owned or managed by any member of his family, or
(e) take part except in the discharge of his official duties, in the registration,
promotion or management of any bank or other company registered or required
to be registered, under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or any other law for
the time being in force, or of any co-operative society for commercial purposes.
(f) participate in or associate himself in any manner in the making of-
(i) a sponsored media (radio or television) programme; or
(ii) a media programme commissioned by Government media but produced by a
private agency; or
(iii) a privately produced media programme including video magazine:
Provided that no previous permission shall be necessary in case where the
Government servant participates in a programme produced or commissioned by
Government media in his official capacity.
(2) A Government servant may, without the previous sanction of the
Government,-
(a) undertake honorary work of a social or charitable nature, or
(b) undertake occasional work of a literary, artistic or scientific character, or
(c) participate in sports activities as an amateur, or
(d) take part in the registration, promotion or management (not involving the
holding of an elective office) of a literary, scientific or charitable society or of a club or similar organisation, the aims or objects of which relate to promotion of sports, cultural or recreational activities, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860), or any other law for the time being in force,
or
(e) take part in the registration, promotion or management (not involving theholding of elective office) of a co-operative society substantially for the benefit of Government servants, registered under the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912
(2 of 1912), or any other law for the time being in force:
Provided that -
(i) he shall discontinue taking part in such activities, if so directed by the
Government; and
(ii) in a case falling under clause (d) or clause(e) of this sub-rule, his official
duties shall not suffer thereby and he shall, within a period of one month of his
taking part in such activity, report to the Government giving details of the
nature of his participation.
(3) Every Government servant shall report to the Government if any member of
his family is engaged in a trade or business or owns or manages an insurance
agency or commission agency.
(4) Unless otherwise provided by general or special orders of the Government,
no Government servant may accept any fee for any work done by him for any
private or public body or any private person without the sanction of the
prescribed authority.
EXPLANATION- The term 'fee' used here shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Fundamental Rule 9 (6-A)
