The UTTAR PRADESH DEPARTMENTAL INQUIRIES (ENFORCEMENT OF ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS) ACT, 1976

28 mRrj izns”k foHkkxh; tk¡p ¼lkf{k;ks a dk s gkftj gkus s vkSj nLrkost is”k djus ds fy, ck/; djuk½ vf/kfu;e] 1976 ¿mŸkj inz s”k vf/kfu;e l[a ;k 4] 1976À THE UTTAR PRADESH DEPARTMENTAL INQUIRIES (ENFORCEMENT OF ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS) ACT, 1976 [U. P. Act No IV of 1976] 29 mRrj inz s”k foHkkxh; tk¡p ¼lkf{k;kas dk s gkftj gksus vkjS nLrkots i”s k djus ds fy, ck/; djuk½ vf/kfu;e] 19761 ¿mŸkj izns”k vf/kfu;e la[;k 4 o’kZ 1976À ¿mÙkj izns”k fo/kku ifj’kn~ us 31 ekpZ] 1976 bZ0 rFkk mÙkj izns”k fo/kku lHkk us fnukad 2 vizSy] fnlEcj] 1976 dh cSBd es a Lohdr` fd;kA ^^Hkkjr dk lafo/kku** ds vuqPNsn 200 ds vUrxZr jkT;iky us fnukad 12 vizSy] 1976 bZ0 dks vuqefr iznku dh rFkk mÙkj izns”k ljdkjh vlk/kkj.k xtV es a fnukad 13 vizSy] 1976 bZ0 dks izdkf”kr gqvkAÀ dfri; foHkkxh; tkap ea s lkf{k;kas dks gkftj gksus vkSj nLrkost is”k djus ds fy, ck/; djus vkSj mlls lEcfU/kr ;k vkuq’kafxd fo’k;kas dh O;oLFkk djus d s fy, vf/kfu;e Hkkjrh; x.kjkT; ds lÙkkbloaas o’kZ es a fuEufyf[kr vf/kfu;e cuk;k tkrk gS%& 1&& ¼1½ ;g vf/kfu;e mRrj izns”k foHkkxh; tk¡p ¼lkf{k;kas dks gkftj gksus laf{kIr uke] foLrkj vkSj izkjEHk vkSj nLrkost is”k djus d s fy, ck/; djuk½ vf/kfu;e] 1976 dgk tk;xs kA ¼2½ bldk foLrkj lEiw.kZ mÙkj izns”k es a gksxkA ¼3½ ;g 17 flrEcj] 1975 ls izo`Ùk le>k tk,xkA 2 && bl vf/kfu;e ds micU/k ml O;fDr ds lEcU/k esa dh xbZ izR;sd foHkkxh; tkap] ftu ij foHkkxh; tkap ij ykxw gkasxs %& vf/kfu;e ykxw gksxk ¼d½ tks O;fDr] jkT; dks fdlh vlSfud lsok ds lnL; gS ;k jkT; ds v/khu fdlh vlSfud in dks /kkj.k djrs gSa ( ¼[k½ tks O;fDr] fuEufyf[kr dh lsok ds lnL; gS ;k muds v/khu dksbZ in /kkj.k fd, gq, gS % & ¼,d½ dksbZ LFkkuh; izkf/kdkjh ( ¼nks½ jkT; ljdkj ds LokfeRo ;k fu;U=.k dk dksbZ cksMZ ;k vf/kfu;e la[;k 1] 1956 fuxe ¼tks dEiuh vf/kfu;e] 1956 ds vFkkZUrxZr dksbZ dEiuh u gks ½( ¼rhu½ dEiuh vf/kfu;e] 1956 dh /kkjk 617 ds vFkkZUrxZr dksbZ ljdkjh dEiuh] ftles a jkT; ljdkjh leknÙk va”k iwta h ds ipkl izfr”kr ls vU;wu dks /kkj.k fd, gS ;k ,slh ljdkjh dEiuh dh leuq’kaxh dksbZ dEiuh ( ¼pkj½ lkslkbVh jftLVªhdj.k vf/kfu;e] 1860 ds v/khu vf/kfu;e la[;k 21] 1860 jftLVªhdj` .k dksbZ lkslkbVh] ftlds “kklh fudk;kas eaas lkslkbVh ds fu;ekasa ;k fofu;eksa ds v/khu] iw.kZr;k yksd vf/kdkjh ;k jkT; ljdkj ds uke fufnZ’V O;fDr] ;k nksuks a gS( 1- mn~ns”; vkSj dkj.kks a ds fooj.k ds fy, fnukad 31 ekp]Z 1976 dk mŸkj izns”kh; vlk/kkj.k xtV nsf[k;sA 30 ¿mRrj izns”k foHkkxh; tk¡p ¼lkf{k;kas dks gkftj gksus vkSj nLrkost is”k djus ¿/kkjk 3&4À ds fy, ck/; djuk½ vf/kfu;e] 1976À ¼x½ tks O;fDr [kaM ¼d½ ;k [kaM ¼[k½ es a fufnZ’V fdlh lsok ds lnL; ;k fdlh in ds /kkj.kk djus okys u jgs x;s gks]a muds ml le; ds dk; Z ;k yksi ds lEcU/k es a tcfd os ,slh lsok ds lnL; ;k ,sls inks a ds /kkj.k djus okys FkAs 3 & bl vf/kfu;e ds iz;kstuks a ds fy;s & ifjHkk’kk,a ¼d½ **foHkkxh; tkap** dk rkRi;Z /kkjk 2 es a fufnZ’V fdlh O;fDr ds fo#) vkjksikasa dh tkap ls gS] tks %& ¼,d½ jkT; fo/kku e.My }kjk cukbZ xbZ fdlh fof/k ;k mlds v/khu cuk; s x;s fdlh fu;e( ;k ¼nks½ lafo/kku ds vuqPNsn 309 ds ijUrq ds v/khu cuk; s x;s] ;k vuqPNsn 313 ds v/khu tkjh j[k s x;s fdlh fu;e( ds v/khu vkSj vuqlkj dh tk;aa( ¼[k½ **tkapdrkZ izkf/kdkjh**dk rkRi;Z fdlh ,slh vf/kdkjh ;k izkf/kdkjh ls gS] tks rRle; izo`Ùk fdlh fof/k ;k fu;e ds }kjk ;k v/khu foHkkxh; tkap djus ds fy;s l”kDr gS vkSj mlds vUrxZr og vf/kdkjh ;k izkf/kdkjh Hkh gS] ftldks l{ke izkf/kdkjh us ,sls tkap djus dh “kfDr izfrfufgr dk nh gS ( ¼x½ ^^vkjksi** ds vUrxZr dksbZ ,slk vfHkdFku Hkh gS] ftles a fdlh O;fDr ds fo#)] tc og lsok es a gks ;k tc og dksbZ in /kkj.k djrk gks] vuq”kklfud dk;oZ kgh djuk izLrkfor gks ;k] tgka og lsok es a u jg x;k gks ;k in u /kkj.k dj jgk gks] ogka dksbZ nqjkpj.k ;k mis{kk Hkh gS] ftlds dkj.k is”a ku dks ;k mlds fdlh Hkkx dks jksdus ;k okil yus s ds fy, ;k lsok;kts d dh fdlh vkfFkZd gkfu dks iaas”ku ls olwy djus fy, mlds fo#) dk;oZ kgh djuk izLrkfor gksA 4&& ¼1½ izR;sd tkapdÙkkZ izkf/kdkjh dks fuEufyf[kr ekeyksa d s lEcU/k es a ogh “kfDr izkf/kd`r tkapdrkZ gksxh] tks flfoy izfØ;k lafgrk] 1908 ds v/khu fdlh okn ij fopkj djrs le; fdlh izkf/kdkjh dh lkf{k;ks a dks gkftj djkus vkSj flfoy U;k;ky; es a fufgr gS] vFkkZr% & nLrkost izLrqr djus dh “kfDr ¼d½ fdlh lk{kh dks leu djuk vkSj mls gkftj gksus d s fy;s ck/; djuk vkSj “kiFk ij mldks ijh{kk djuk( ¼[k½ fdlh nLrkost ;k vU; lkexzh dks izdV vkSj is”k djus dh vis{kk djuk tks lk{; ds #i es a is”k fd;s tkus ;kXs ; gks( ¼x½ fdlh fo”ks’kkf/kdkjh dh v/;FkuZ k ds v/khu ¼ftlds lEcU/k esa Hkkjrh; vf/kfu;e la[;k 1] 1972 lk{; vf/kfu;e] 1972 dh /kkjk 123 vkSj 124] vko”;d ifjorZuks a lfgr ykxw gksxh fdUrq mldh /kkjk 162 ykxw u gksxh½] fdlh U;k;ky; ;k dk;kyZ ; ls fdlh yksd vfHkys[k dh vfHk;kpuk djukA ¼2½ mi/kkjk ¼1½ esa fdlh ckr ds gksrs gq, Hkh] izkf/kdr` tkapdÙkkZ izkf/kdkjh fjtoZ vf/kfu;e la0 38, 1959 cSd vkQ baf.M;k] LVsV cSad vkQ bf.M;k] ¼lfClfM;jh cSad½ ,sDV] 1959 dh /kkjk 2 ds vf/kfu;e la0 5] 1970 [k.M ¼d½ es a ;FkkifjHkkf’kr fdlh leuq’kaxh cSad] ;k cSaddkjh dEiuh ¼miØeksa dk vtZu vkSj vUrdj.k½ vf/kfu;e] 1970 dh /kkjk 3 ds v/khu xfBr fdlh le:ih u;s cSad dks %& ¼d½ dksbZ y[s kk cgh ;k vU; nLrkost dks] ftls fjtoZ cSad vkQ bf.M;k] LVsV cSaad vkQ bf.M;k] leuq’kaxh cSad ;k le:ih u;k cSad xksiuh; izdkj dk gksus dk nkok djs] is”k djus ( ;k 31 ¿m0iz0 foHkkxh; tkap ¼lkf{k;kas dks gkftj gksus vkSj nLrkost is”k djus ¿/kkjk 5&7À d s fy;s ck/; djuka½ vf/kfu;e] 1976À ¼[k½ ,slh fdlh cgh ;k nLrkost dks foHkkxh; tkap dh dk;oZ kfg;ks a ds vfHkys[k dk vax cukus ( ;k ¼x½ ,slh fdlh cgh ;k nLrkost dks] ;fn is”k fd;k tk;] vius le{k fdlh i{kdkj dks ;k fdlh vU; O;fDr dks fujh{k.k djkus( ds fy;s ck/; ugh djsxkA ¼3½ fdlh lk{kh dh gkftjh ;k fdlh nLrkost dks is”k djus ds fy;s tkapdÙkkZ izkf/kdkjh }kjk tkjh dh xbZ dksbZ vknsf”kdk ;k rks lh/ks ¼Mkd }kjk lUns”kokgd }kjk½ ;k ml ftyk U;k;k/kh”k ds ek/;e ls rkehy vkSj fu’ikfnr dh tk ldrh gS] ftldh vf/kdkfjrk dh LFkkuh; lhekvkssa ds Hkhrj og lk{kh ;k vU; O;fDr] ftl ij vknsf”kdk rkehy ;k fu’ikfnr dh tkuh gS] LosPNk ls fuokl djrk gS ;k dkjckj djrk gS ;k vfHkykHk ds fy;s Loa; dke djrk gSA ¼4½ tgka dksbZ vknsf”kdk] mi/kkjk ¼3½ ds vuqlkj ftyk U;k;k/kh”k ds ek/;e ls rkehy ;k fu’ikfnr dh tk;] ogka og mldh voKk ds fy;s dksbZ dk;oZ kgh djus ds iz;kstukFkZ] ftyk U;k;k/kh”k ds U;k;ky; }kjk tkjh dh xbZ vknsf”kdk le>h tk;xhA ¼5½ tgka dksbZ vknsf”kdk mÙkj izns”k fMfLIyujh izkslhfMaXl ¼,sMfefuLVªsfVo VªkbC;qyu½ :Yl] 1947 ds vk/khu xfBr fdlh vf/kdkjh xfBr fdlh vf/kdj.k }kjk tkjh dh tk; vkSj mldks ftyk ds ek/;e ls izsf’kr fd;s fcuk rkehy vkSj fu’ikfnr fd;k tk;] ogka ,slh fdlh vknsf”kdk dks voKk djus d s fy;s dksbZ dk;oZ kgh ds iz;kstukFkZ vf/kdj.k dks ogh “kfDr;ka gksxh] tks flfoy izfdz;k lafgrk] 1908 dh izFke vuqlwph es a vkns”k 16 ds fu;e 10 ls 18 ds v/khu fdlh flfoy U;k;ky; es a fufgr gSA ¼6½ bl vf/kfu;e ds v/khu foHkkxh; tkap djus okys izR;sd tkapdÙkkZ izkf/kdkjh n.M izfdz;k lafgrk] 1973 dh/kkjk 345 vkSj 446 ds iz;kstukFkZ flfoy U;k;ky; le>k tk;xkA 5&& /kkjk 4 esa fofufnZ’V “kfDr dk iz;ksx djus ds iz;kstukFkZ] izR;sd izkf/kdr` {ks=h; lhek;s]a ftuea s /kkjk tkapdrkZ izkf/kdkjh dh {ks=h; vf/kdkfjrk bl vf/kfu;e ds foLrkj&i;UZ r {ks=h; lhekvkssa 4 ea s fofufnZ’V “kfDr dk iz;ksx fd;k tk ldsxk rd foLr`r gksxhA 6&& jkT; ljdkj] bl vf/kfu;e ds micU/kks a dks dk;kfZUor djus ds fy;s fu;e cukus dh “kfDr vf/klpw uk }kjk fu;e cuk ldrh gSA 7&& ¼1½ mÙkj izns”k vuq”kkluh; dk;Zokgh ¼lkf{k;kas dks cqykus rFkk y[s kks a dks izLrqr fujlu vkSj viokn djkus dk½ vf/kfu;e] 1953] fnukad 17 flrEcj] 1975 ls fujflr fd;k tkrk gSA m0iz0 vf/kfu;e la0 21] 1953 ¼2½ mÙkj izns”k foHkkxh; tkap ¼lkf{k;kas dks gkftj gksus vkSj nLrkost is”k djus ds fy;s ck/; djuk½ v/;kns”k]1976 ,r~n}kjk fujflr fd;k tkrk gSA ¼3½ ,sls fujlu ;k 1976 ds mi;qZDr v/;kns”k }kjk mÙkj izns”k foHkkxh; tkap ¼lkf{k;kaa s dks gkftj gksus vkSj nLrkost is”k djus ds fy, ck/; djuk½ v/;kns”k] 1975 ds fujlu ds gksrs gq, Hkh] mi;qZDr v/;kns”k ds v/khu fd;k x;k dksbZ dk;Z dh xbZ dksbZ dk;oZ kgh bl vf/kfu;e ds rRleku micU/k ds v/khu fd;k x;k dk;Z ;k dh xbZ dk;Zokgh le>h tk;xh] ekuks a ;g vf/kfu;e lHkh lHkh lkjHkwr fnukadks a oj izo`Ùk FkkA 32 THE UTTAR PRADESH DEPARTMENTAL INQUIRIES (EN FORCEMENT OF ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS) ACT, 19761 [U. P. ACT NO. IV OF 1976] [Passed in Hindi by the Uttar Pradesh Legislate Council on March 31, 1976 and by the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly On Apri1 2 1976. Received the assent of the Governor on April 12, 1976 under Article 200 of ‘the Constitution of India’, and was published in the Uttar Pradesh Gazette extraordinary, dated April 13, 1976] AN ACT to provide for the enforcement of attendance of witnesses and production of documents in certain departmental inquiries and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto- It is hereby enacted in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:- Short title, 1. (1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Departmental Inquiries extent and (Enforcement of Act enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and commencement Production of Documents) Act, 1976. (2) It extends to the whole of Uttar Pradesh. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on September 17, 1975 Departmental 2. The provisions of this Act shall apply to every departmental inquiry made in inquiries to relation to- - which the Act shall apply (a) persons who are members of any civil service of the State or who hold any civil post under the State ; (b) persons who are in the service of or hold any post under- (i) any local authority ; Act 1 of 1956 (ii) any Board or Corporation (not being a company with in the meaning of the Companies Act, 1956) owned or controlled by the State Government ; (iii) any Government Company, within the meaning of section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956, in which not less than fifty per cent of the paid-up share capital is held by the State Government, or any company which is a subsidiary of such Government Company; Act 21 of 1860 (iv) any society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, the governing body whereof consists, under rules or regulations of the society, wholly of public officers, or nominees of the State Government, or both ; 1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Uttar Pradesh Gazette, Extraordinary, dated March 31. 1976. 33 [The Uttar Pradesh Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Act enforcement [Section 3-4] of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1976] (c) persons who have ceased to be members of a service or holders of a post referred to in clause (a) or clause (b), in relation to their acts, or omissions while they were members of such service or holders of such post. Definition 3. For the purposes of this Act- (a) "departmental inquiry" means an inquiry held under and in accordance with- (i) any law made by the State Legislature or any rule made thereunder, or (ii) any rule made under the proviso to Article 309, or continued under Article 313 of the Constitution. into any charges against any person referred to in section 2 ; (b) "inquiring authority" means any officer or authority who is empowered by or under any law or rule for the time being in force to hold a departmental inquiry, and includes an officer or authority to whom the power to hold such inquiry is delegated by the competent authority; (c) "charges" include any allegation in respect of which disciplinary action is proposed to be taken against a person while he is in service or while he holds a post, or where he has ceased to be in service or to hold a post, any misconduct or negligence on account of which action by way of withholding or withdrawing pension or any part of it or of recovery from pension of any pecuniary loss caused to the employer is proposed to be taken against him. Power of 4. (1) Every inquiring authority shall have the same powers as are vested in a civil authorized court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, while trying a suit, in respect inquiring of the following matters, namely:- authority to enforce atten- (a) the summoning and enforcing the attendance of any witness and dance of examining him on oath ; witnesses and production of (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document or other document material which is producible as evidence; ACT I of 1872 (c) subject to any claim of privilege (in respect of which sections 123 and 124 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 shall mutatis mutandis apply but section 162 thereof shall not apply), the requisitioning of any public record from any court or office. Act XXXV-III (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the authorised of 1959 inquiring authority shall not compel the Reserve Bank of India, the State Bank of India any subsidiary bank as defined in clause (k) of section 2 of the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act,1959, or any corresponding new Bank constituted under section 3 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 -- Act V of 1970 (a) to produce any books of account or other documents which the Reserve Bank of India, the State Bank of India, the subsidiary bank or the corresponding new bank claims to be of a confidential nature, or 34 [The Uttar Pradesh Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Act enforcement [Section 5-7] of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1976] (b) to make any such books or documents a part of the record of the proceedings of the departmental inquiry, or (c) to give inspection of any such books or documents, if produced to any party before it or to any other person. (3) Any process issued by an inquiring authority for the attendance of any witness or for the production of any document may be served and executed either direct (by post or by messenger) or through the District Judge within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the witness or otter person on whom the process is to be served or executed, voluntarily resides or carries on business or personally works for gain. (4) Where a process is served and executed through the District Judge in accordance with sub-section (3), it shall for the purposes of taking any action for the disobedience thereof, be deemed to be a process issued by the Court of the District Judge. (5) Where a process is issued by a tribunal constituted under the Uttar Pradesh Disciplinary Proceedings (Administrative Tribunal) Rules, 1947, and is served and executed without its being routed through the District Judge, the tribunal shall, for the purposes of taking any action for the disobedience of Act V of 1908 any such process, have the same powers as are vested in a civil court under rules 10 to 18 of order 16 in the First Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. Act 2 of 1974 (6) Every inquiring authority making any departmental inquiry under this Act shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes of sections 345 and 346 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Territorial 5. For the purposes of exercising the powers specified in section 4, the limits in territorial jurisdiction of every authorized inquiring authority shall extend to which power the limits of the territory to which this Act extends. specified in section 4 may be exercised power to make 6. The State Government may, by notification, make rules for the purpose of rules giving effect to the provisions of this Act. Repeal and 7. (1) The Uttar Pradesh Disciplinary Proceedings (Summoning of Witnesses and savings Production of Documents) Act, 1953, is repealed with effect from September U. P. Act XXI 17, 1975. of 1953 (2) The Uttar Pradesh Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of witnesses and Production of Documents) Ordinance, 1976 is hereby repealed. U.P. ordinance (3) Notwithstanding such repeal or the repeal of the Uttar Pradesh Departmental no. 1 of 1976 Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Ordinance, 1975, by the aforesaid Ordinance of 1976, anything done or any action taken under the said Ordinances shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act, as if this Act was in force on all material dates. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------