Fundamental (Amendment) Rules, 2021- Notification
Fundamental (Amendment) Rules, 2021- NOTIFICATION
G.S.R. 795(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to the article 309 of the Constitution, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Fundamental Rules, 1922, namely:––
- Short title and commencement.––
(1) These rules may be called the Fundamental (Amendment) Rules, 2021.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. - In the Fundamental Rules, 1922, in rule 56, in clause (d), for fifth proviso, the following shall be substituted, namely:––
“Provided also that the Central Government may, if it considers necessary in public interest so to do, give extension in service to the Defence Secretary, Home Secretary, Director of Intelligence Bureau, Secretary of Research and Analysis Wing and Director of Central Bureau of Investigation appointed under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 (25 of 1946) and Director of Enforcement in the Directorate of Enforcement appointed under the Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003 (45 of 2003) in the Central Government for such period or periods as it may deem proper on a case-to-case basis for reasons to be recorded in writing, subject to the condition that the total term of such Secretaries or Directors, as the case may be, who are given such extension in service under this rule, does not exceed two years or the period provided in the respective Act or rules made thereunder, under which their appointments are made.”.
Note: The Fundamental Rules,1922 were published in the Gazette of India on 1st January, 1922 and were last amended, vide notification under G.S.R. 767(E), dated the 11th August, 2018.
