Power to make Regulations

The Board may make regulations consistent with this Act and rules made thereunder to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely- (a) the procedure to be followed at the meetings of the Board and the Committees appointed by the Board and the number of members required to form a quorum for such meetings; (b) the allowances which may be drawn by members of the Board and the Committees appointed by the Board; (c) any matter solely concerning the Board and its Committees not provided for by this Act and the rules made thereunder. (1) Without prejudice to the provision of these Rules the following penalties may be inflicted on an employee of the Board guilty of negligence, misconduct, unsatisfactory work or for any other good and sufficient reason: i. Warming or Censure; ii. Fine; iii. Withholding of increment or promotion including stoppage at an efficiency bar; iv. Recovery from pay or such other amounts due to him, of the whole or part of any pecuniary loss caused to the Board by negligence or breach of orders; v. Reduction to a lower post or grade or to a lower stage in his time scale of pay; vi. Compulsory retirement. vii. Removal from services. viii. Dismissal. (2) (i) The penalties mentioned in sub-clause (i) to (iv) of clause (1) above may be inflicted by the Secretary on any employee in Category ‘C’ of the Rule 44 working in the office of the Board. An appeal against any penalty inflicted under this sub-clause shall lie to chairman. (ii). The penalties mentioned in sub-clause (i) to (iv) of clause (1) above may be inflicted by the Chairman of the Board on any employee of categories ‘A’ and ‘B’ working in the office of the Board. An appeal against any such penalty inflicted by the Chairman shall lie to the Executive Council. (iii) No employee shall be subjected to any of the penalties mentioned in sub- clauses (v) to (viii) of clause (1) above, except by an order in writing signed by the Chairman and no order shall be passed without a specific charge or charges being formulated in writing and given to the employee concerned and without giving him reasonable opportunity to answer them in writing and in person. His previous record of service shall also be taken in to account. An appeal against such penalty inflicted by the Chairman shall lie to the Executive Council. (3) Every appeal shall comply with the following requirements:- i. It shall be written in English or Marathi or Hindi; ii. It shall be couched in police and respectful language and shall be free from statements, allegations or insinuations not strictly relevant to the matter; iii. It shall contain all material statements, explanations and arguments and shall be complete in itself. iv. It shall specify the relief desired. v. It shall be submitted through the proper channel. (4). An appeal may be withheld by the competent authority if; It does not comply with the requirements of sub-clause (3) above; (1) The Deputy Conductor shall be responsible for the conduct of examination at the sub-centre. (2) On receipt of centre list and number of candidates to be accommodated in the building, the Deputy Conductor shall work out and submit to the Conductor the following – Block-wise plan to accommodate the candidates; Requirements of subject-wise and medium-wise question papers; Requirement of stationary; Requirement of number of supervisors, per session, per day; He/She shall make the block-wise seating arrangement at the sub-center and display the same along with the notice containing instructions to candidates prior to the day of examination. The Deputy Conductor shall receive the stationary from the Conductor well in advance, verify the same physically against the requirement and give it in the charge of the stationary supervisor for storing in security. The Deputy Conductor shall attend the meeting of the Deputy Conductors convened by the Conductor to report about the arrangements made and to receive further instructions as regards preparation and conduct of examination. On receipt of the list of Supervisors, he/she shall convene the meeting of supervisors at least two days before the examination issue necessary instructions regarding their attendance, duties, filling up of the records, sealing of answer-books, verification by other supervisor, action to be taken in case of malpractices by the candidates. He/She shall prepare supervisors time table and display the same half an hour before the commencement of each session. The Deputy Conductor shall distribute the stationary to the supervisors on each day of examination about thirty minutes before the commencement of each session. On receipt of the sealed packets of question papers the Deputy Conductor shall check the seals on all the question paper packets to ensure the subject of examination vis-à-vis the time table and sign the same. He/She shall distribute the question paper packets to the supervisors, about fifteen minutes before commencement of session. In case of any shortage, or incomplete question papers the Deputy Conductor shall procure required question papers from the main center immediately. He/She shall ensure timely commencement of the examination at every session. He/She shall ensure that all the candidates have been supplied with appropriate and full question papers and that the supervisor in each block has announced the total number of pages, the total questions contained in the question paper and also written on the black board in respective subject. He/She shall collect the balance question papers from the block supervisors. He/She shall take frequent rounds in the examination blocks to ensure that the supervisors perform their duty properly for the smooth conduct of the examination. At the close of the session, the Deputy Conductor shall arrange for sealing and labelling of all the packets of answer-books, received from the Block Supervisor along with the reports in the specified forms. After verification of the answer-books from each packet vis-à-vis the seat/code numbers recorded on the packet and the records in Supervisor’s reports in form A and B as specified by the Board, he/she shall sign the certificate on the packet in token of verification of the contents personally. He/She shall hand over the packets to the Conductor immediately. After conclusion of the examination, the Deputy Conductor shall obtain bills from the Supervisors, clerical staff and class IV staff countersign the same and arrange to effect the payment. He/She shall extend full-co-operation to the members of the Vigilance Committee to perform their duties as mentioned in sub-rule (2) of rule 51. The compliance on the observations of Vigilance Committee shall be submitted to the Board in the specified proforma. The Deputy Conductor shall prepare statement of account of answer-books and statement of account of answer-books and supplements, statements of accounts of question papers and the balance stationary and submit them to the conductor alongwith the necessary report.