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    NO.1101313/2009-Estt.

    (A)
    Governmentof India
    Ministryof Personnel,PublicGrievancesand Pensions
    (Departmentof Personneland Training)

    North Block.
    New Delhi,
    nd
    Dated the 2 February,2009

    Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 - constitution of a


    ComplaintsCommittee to enquire into complaintsof sexual harassment
    made against officers of the level of Secretary and Additional Secretary
    to the Governmentof India.

    The undersigned is directed to refer to the Department of Personnel and


    Training's a.M. No. 11013/10/97-Estt. (A) dated 13.02.1998 on the guidelines
    and norms to be observed to prevent sexual harassment of women issued under
    rule 3 of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 in pursuance of the
    judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Vishakha & Others vs. State of
    Rajasthan & Others (JT 1997 (7) SC 384) and to say that para 6 of the Supreme
    Court's guidelines provides for creation of an appropriate complaint mechanism
    so as to ensure time-bound treatment of complaints of sexual harassment. Para
    7 thereof stipulates that the Complaints Committee should be headed by a
    woman and not less than half of its members should be women and that further
    to prevent the possibility of any undue pressure or influence from senior levels,
    such Complaints Committee should involve a third party, either an NGO or other
    body who is familiar with the issue of sexual harassment. The various
    Ministries/Departments were also advised vide DOPT's O.M. No. 11013/10/97-
    Estt. (A) dated 13.07.1999 to ensure that the Committee constituted for redressal
    of the complaints by the victims of sexual harassment should be headed by an
    officer sufficiently higher in rank so as to lend credibility to the investigations.
    Subsequently. in 2004 a proviso was added to rule 14(2) of the Central Civil
    Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 to the effect that the
    Complaints Committee established in each Ministry or Department or Office for
    inquiring into complaints of sexual harassment shall be deemed to be the Inquiring
    Authority appointed by the Disciplinary Authority and that the Complaints Committee
    shall hold, if separate procedure has not been prescribed for the Complaints
    Committee for holding the inquiry into such complaints, the inquiry, as far as
    practicable in accordance with the procedure laid down in the said rules.

    2. For inquiring into complaints made against officers of the level of Secretary
    and Additional Secretary and equivalent level in the Government of India in the
    Ministries/Departments and Organisations directly under the control of the Central
    Government (other than the Central PSUs), it has been decided with the approval of
    the Prime Minister to constitute a Complaints Committee in terms of Cabinet
    Secretariat's Order NO.1 dated 26.09.2008 (copy enclosed). Existing Complaints
    Committee established in each Ministry or Department or Office will, therefore,
    inquire into fresh complaints of sexual harassment against only those Government
    servants who are not covered by the Cabinet Secretariat's Order No. 1 dated
    26.09.2008.

    3. All Ministries/Departments are requested to bring the foregoing to the notice


    of all concerned for information and necessary action.

    !/rL
    / .-~'?-_\:::~/'----
    (P. PRABHAKARAN)
    Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
    1. Comptroller and Auditor General of India, New Delhi
    2. Lok Sabha SecretariaURajya Sabha Secretariat/Ministry of Parliamentary
    Affairs.
    3. Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi.
    4. President's SecretariaUVice-President's SecretariaU Prime Minister's Office.
    5. Election Commission of India, New Delhi.
    6. Central Vigilance Commission, New Delhi.
    7. Staff Selection Commission, New Delhi.
    8. Central Bureau of Investigation, New Delhi.
    9. All Attached and Subordinate Offices of the Ministry of Personnel, Public
    Grievances and Pensions and Ministry of Home Affairs.
    10. All Officers and Sections in the Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions.
    11. NIC (DOPT) with the request to place this O.M. in the Department's website
    (www.persmin.nic.in ).
    F.No.501/28/1/2008-CA. V
    Cabinet Secretariat
    Rashtrapati Bhavan
    ***

    Constitution of a Complaints Committee to enquire into complaints 01


    sexual harassment made against officers of the level of Secretary and
    Additional Secretary to the Government of India.
    ***

    With the approval of the Prime Minister, it has been decided to constitute a
    Complaints Committee to enquire into complaints of sexual harassment made againsi
    officers of H,e level of Secretary and Additional Secretary and equIvalent level in
    Ministries, Departments and organizations directly under the control of the l-::entral
    Government other than Central PSUs.

    2. The Committee will proceed in accordance with gUidelines laid down by \I'lC
    Supreme Court in the Gase of Visakha and Others vs. State of Rajasthan Tile
    composition of the Committee will be as follows:

    i. Ms. Rathi Vinay Jha, (IAS retired),


    Secretary-General,
    World Travel and Tourism Council,
    New Delhi
    ii. Ms. Indu Agnihotri,
    Senior Fellow,
    Centre for Women's Development Studies,
    New Delhi
    iii A senior officer with experience of the sector or
    department to which the complaint relates (to be
    nominated for each case separately depending
    upon the Department/Ministry to which the
    complaint relates)

    3. The Committee will have a tenure of three years from the dale of issue of tilis orck~1
    and will be serviced by the Cabinet Secretariat.

    /)" . I
    /(..-.._~._",_g 0"
    I/v~-I'.-
    ;J,I~'
    (Renuka Viswanathan)
    Secretary (Coordination)

    (i) Ms. Rathi Vinay Jha, (IAS retired),


    Secretary-General, World Travel and TOllrisrn Council,
    A-228, Sushant lok Phase-I,
    Gurgaon.

    (ii) Ms IncJu'Agnihotri,
    Senior Fellow, Cr:mtre for Women's Development Studies,
    25, Bhai Vir Singh Mary,
    Gale Market, New Delhi· 110001.

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