IAS officer- dress code and sunglasses

But there is a code of conduct which says

"The official missive cited section 3(1) of the All India Services (Conduct) Rules of 1968 which says: “Every member of the service shall at all times maintain absolute integrity and devotion to duty and shall do nothing which is unbecoming of a member of the service.”

The authorities acted according to the code of conduct.

Wearing sunglasses in front of PM is not a proper etiquette and warning or reprimand is good. 

mohan manohar wrote:

Wearing sunglasses in front of PM is not a proper etiquette and warning or reprimand is good. 

 

A specific dress code is there for the IAS officers on the duty. And this has been mentioned very clearly in the link article. The officer violated the dress code.

Every office holder should adhere to terms of etiquettes and most of times all these are parts and parcels of office orders.

When The PM was present the concerned officer met him in a casual dress. Thus he was charged with violation of Dress code.

rambabu wrote:

But there is a code of conduct which says

"The official missive cited section 3(1) of the All India Services (Conduct) Rules of 1968 which says: “Every member of the service shall at all times maintain absolute integrity and devotion to duty and shall do nothing which is unbecoming of a member of the service.”

The authorities acted according to the code of conduct.

 

Obviously, 'absolute integrity' is not an issue here. The issue is of officer wearing sun glasses. There is also nothing in rules to ban sun glasses.  The words- 'unbecoming of a member of service'  are too vague. Thus any one can be punished for anything considered 'unbecoming'  by seniors.  Suppose that an officer wears brown boots without laces.  The superior does not like such boots and insists that one must wear black laced shoes.  So if you wear shoes without laces, you could be considered to have indulged in conduct 'unbecoming'  and be punished. 

Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:

rambabu wrote:

But there is a code of conduct which says

"The official missive cited section 3(1) of the All India Services (Conduct) Rules of 1968 which says: “Every member of the service shall at all times maintain absolute integrity and devotion to duty and shall do nothing which is unbecoming of a member of the service.”

The authorities acted according to the code of conduct.

 

Obviously, 'absolute integrity' is not an issue here. The issue is of officer wearing sun glasses. There is also nothing in rules to ban sun glasses.  The words- 'unbecoming of a member of service'  are too vague. Thus any one can be punished for anything considered 'unbecoming'  by seniors.  Suppose that an officer wears brown boots without laces.  The superior does not like such boots and insists that one must wear black laced shoes.  So if you wear shoes without laces, you could be considered to have indulged in conduct 'unbecoming'  and be punished. 

 

The concerned officer was not in the uniform. Considering the fact he shook hands with the PM, it was a violation of dress code.

 

he replied to state govt. that due to extreme heat condition of Dantewada where he has to oversee all the arrangements all over that place due to PM's visit he has does not wear formal dresses.

Let's wait where it leads to after the officer's reply.

There is no uniform of I.A.S. officers.  That is why the officer is framed under rule for 'conduct unbecoming of officer', which is very vague term. The Band gala or close coat is worn in winter and that too by politicians and officers are not supposed to stick to that.  There is lot of joke on such dress code in Twitter. Just see:

https://in.news.yahoo.com/twitterati-sides-with-ias-officer-s-casual-dress-072229322.html

Now the govt. has taken a U turn it says it's just warning.

It is unbecoming of wearing dark sunglasses in front of head of state, nevertheless, the matter should end here with a warning, though in career three warning means lesser merits in long run in CCR.

Why we should jump to hasty conclusions before seeing the response from the state govt after the concerned officer submitted his reply?

The code of conduct states that an officer will not wear sun glasses when meeting seniors. There is no doubt the officer was at fault. We Indians fail to call a spade a spade and that is the reason that we never dominated the world. There should have been no discussion but a  reprimand for this charlie.

MG Singh wrote:

The code of conduct states that an officer will not wear sun glasses when meeting seniors. There is no doubt the officer was at fault. We Indians fail to call a spade a spade and that is the reason that we never dominated the world. There should have been no discussion but a  reprimand for this charlie.

 

Calling spade a spade requires guts. We look towards others for validation.

The case is over, but the etiquette of executive is important factors within any organization.

The case may be over. But a bad example by an IAS officer. remains. It must act as an eye opener for others.