Domestic Enquiry and Principles of Natural Justice in Indian Railways

Indian railway one of the largest employment generator in the world, provides employment to over 12million workers. The railway employees perform their duties round the clock over diversified geographical regions. The hardship in performance, sometime the emotion and specific psychological mindset of the employee, tends unjustified delinquency in the behavior or performance of duties, by which the employee renders himself unbecoming of a railway or government servant, by virtue of provision of The Railway Services (conduct) Rules, 1966. Such delinquent employee will be dealt according to THE RAILWAY SERVANTS (DISCIPLINE & APPEAL) RULES, 1968, hereafter referred as DAR.