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APPENDIX I. 
{¢) The employee should be entitled to be accompanied by the 
representative of an accredited trade union of which he is 
a member or by a fellow workman. 
{@) Time limits for disposal should be fixed and the power to 
suspend should remain, 
{e) Men overstaying leave or absent without leave except in a 
genuine ‘cage of sickness should be presumed to have left 
the service and to have forfeited the right of appeal, 
subject to the discretion of the competent officer . 
138. (a) Appeal against discharge or dismissal should lie to the 
head of the department or Divisional Superintendent with final appeal 
to the Agent except where dismissal involves loss of provident fund 
bonus when further appeal should lie to the Railway Board. 
(6) Facilities for representation on appeal should be the same 
88 at the first hearing. 
(¢) The time limit for further apoeal should be one month 
from the time the decision is notified ; within this time no appeal should be 
withheld . ve . $5 
139. In less serious cases a charge sheet should also be given return- 
able within 7 days. Appeal against the order then issued should lie to 
the district or divisional officer with right of representation as above, 
This appeal should be final except in case of reduction of grade when 
appeal should lie to the head of the department or Divisional Super: 
intendent wi 's .e - vs 
140. Proper records of distiplinary action should be kept, and 
watched by personnel officers is .. we oe " 
141. (a) Discharge on reduction of establishment should be differ- 
entiated from disciplinary or inefficiency cases. 
(b) Other things being equal, the principle of seniority should 
apply. 
(c) Registers of discharged men should be kept. 
(d) Where more than 100 men are affected. recognised trade 
unions should be informed as early as possible and reasons given wr 
142. Proper leave records should be kept 0 op ws 
143. Records should be kept of temporary service where practicable 
with a view to priority for permanent employment .. - hn 
144. Channels for appeal in regard to conditions of service should be 
made uniform : local or district and divisional committees and railway 
councils are suitable channels for dealing with grievances: establish. 
ment officers are of assistance and should be appointed on all railways .. 
145. A more generous policy in respect of recognition of trade 
anions is desirable vu "i .y 23 ’o 
146. A stage has been reached in the development of some unions 
where facilities might with advantage be conceded . . .. ve 
147. Joint Standing Machinery should.be established. : 
(a) A Joint Standing Central Board, containing representa.- 
bives of the Agents and workers in equal proportions elected by the 
Indian Railway Conference Association and the All-India Railwaymen’s 
Federation respectively charged with the consideration and, when 
possible, settlement of — - 
(?) general questions common to all railways, 
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