Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Conditions of Service and Authorities for Disciplinary Proceedings Regulations, 2016

EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 425] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016/AGRAHAYANA 3, 1938 PRASAR BHARATI (Broadcasting Corporation of India) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 23rd November, 2016 No. A-10/178/2012-PPC. –In exercise of the powers conferred by section 33 read with sub-section (5) of section 11 of the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 (25 of 1990) (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”), the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) makes the following regulations, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement.–(1) These regulations may be called the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Conditions of Service and Authorities for Disciplinary Proceedings Regulations, 2016. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Applicability.–(1) These Rules shall apply to all employees recruited by Prasar Bharati after 5th October, 2007. (2) The incumbents appointed to various posts on regular basis in Prasar Bharati before the commencements of these Rules and after 5th day of October, 2007 shall be deemed to be covered by these Rules. 3. Service Conditions.–The rules and regulations governing the service conditions of Government servants of the corresponding grades including Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 shall, mutatis mutandis, be applicable to the employees referred to in Regulation (2) above. 4. Authorities for disciplinary proceedings.– The Disciplinary Authority specified in column (3) of the table given below, the Appellate Authority specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said table, and the Reviewing Authority specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) thereof shall be the authorities for exercising their respective powers under the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 in respect of the classification of posts specified against the corresponding entries under column (2) of the said table. TABLE Sl. No. Classification of posts Disciplinary authority Appellate Authority Reviewing Authority 1. Group A/ Equivalent to Group ‘A’ Executive Member of the Prasar Bharati Board (CEO) A Committee consisting of the Chairman, the Member (Finance) and Member (Personnel) of the Prasar Bharati Board. Prasar Bharati Board 2. Group B/ Equivalent to Group ‘B’ Director General (Akashvani) or Director General (Doordarshan) or Member (Personnel) of the Prasar Bharati Board in respect of officers and employees posted in Akashvani, Doordarshan and Prasar Bharati Secretariat, as the case may be. Executive Member of the Prasar Bharati Board. A Committee consisting of the Chairman, the Member (Finance) and Member (Personnel) of the Prasar Bharati Board. 3. Group C/ Equivalent to (i) Station/Kendra Head of the level of Senior Time (i) Regional Additional Director General (Akashvani) or Director Group ‘C’ Scale or above in respect of officials working in AIR (ii) Concerned officer of the level of Senior Time Scale in the respective Directorate in case of employees posted in other establishments of Prasar Bharati. concerned in case employee is posted at a (ii) Concerned officer of the level of Additional Director General in the respective Directorate in case of employees of all other establishments of Prasar Bharati. General (Doordarshan) in respect of employees posted in Akashvani or Doordarshan, as the case may be. 5. Applications of these Rules to pending proceedings: These Rules shall be applicable to any disciplinary, appellate or review proceedings as on the date on which these Regulations come into force and shall be decided accordingly. SANJEEV KUMAR JINDAL, Addl. Director General and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. Nishok Kumar Paria