Article311inTheConstitutionOfIndia1949
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Article311inTheConstitutionOfIndia1949
311.Dismissal,removalorreductioninrankofpersonsemployedincivilcapacitiesundertheUnion
oraState
(1)NopersonwhoisamemberofacivilserviceoftheUnionoranallIndiaserviceoracivil
serviceofaStateorholdsacivilpostundertheUnionoraStateshallbedismissedorremovedby
aauthoritysubordinatetothatbywhichhewasappointed
(2)Nosuchpersonasaforesaidshallbedismissedorremovedorreducedinrankexceptafteran
inquiryinwhichhehasbeeninformedofthechargesagainsthimandgivenareasonable
opportunityofbeingheardinrespectofthosechargesProvidedthatwhereitisproposedafter
suchinquiry,toimposeuponhimanysuchpenalty,suchpenaltymaybeimposedonthebasisof
theevidenceadducedduringsuchinquiryanditshallnotbenecessarytogivesuchpersonany
opportunityofmakingrepresentationonthepenaltyproposed:Providedfurtherthatthisclause
shallnotapply
(a)whereapersonisdismissedorremovedorreducedinrankonthegroundofconduct
whichhasledtohisconvictiononacriminalchargeor
(b)wheretheauthorityempoweredtodismissorremoveapersonortoreducehiminrank
inssatisfiedthatforsomereason,toberecordedbythatauthorityinwriting,itisnot
reasonablypracticabletoholdsuchinquiryor
(c)wherethePresidentortheGovernor,asthecasemaybe,issatisfiedthatintheinterestof
thesecurityoftheState,itisnotexpedienttoholdsuchinquiry
(3)If,inrespectofanysuchpersonasaforesaid,aquestionariseswhetheritisreasonably
practicabletoholdsuchinquiryasisreferredtoinclause(2),thedecisionthereonofthe
authorityempoweredtodismissorremovesuchpersonortoreducehiminrankshallbefinal
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