Government of Kerala                                                            Reg.No. KL/TV (N)/12/2002.            

KERALA GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

Vol. XLVII             Thiruvananthapuram                  27^th March 2002.                  No. 353.

GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Advice-C) Department

NOTIFICATION

G.O. (P) No. 11/2002/P&ARD.               Dated, Thiruvananthapuram. 19^th March 2002.

            S.R.O.No. 186/2002. – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 2 of the Kerala Public Services Act, 1968 (19 of 1968), read with Section 3 thereof, the Government of Kerala hereby make the following rules further to amend the Kerala Government Servants’ Conduct rules, 1960, namely: -

RULES

1. Short title and Commencement- (1) These rules may be called the Kerala Government Servants’ Conduct (Amendment) Rules, 2002.

(2) They shall come into force at one.

2. Amendment of the rules- In the Kerala Government Servant’s Conduct Rules, 1960, after rule 93 (C) the following rule shall be added, namely: -

“93 D. Ban on smoking- No Government Servant’s shall Smoke Beedi or Cigarette or any such items in Government Offices or Educational Institutions”.

By order of the Governor,

C. RAMACHANDRAN,

Principal Secretary to Government.

Explanatory Note

(This is part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.)

It has been scientifically established by studies that smoking is injurious to health.  It causes health hazards not only to the smoking but also to the non-smokers who happen to inhale the smoke. Considering the adverse effects of tobacco smoke on health, Government have ordered a total ban on smoking in all Government Offices and Educational Institutions as per G.O. (P) No.239/95/GAD dated 11^th July, 1995.  Government now propose to impose a ban on smoking by Government Servants in Government Offices and Educational Institutions.

This notification is intended to achieve the above object.