It is generally accepted by one and all that serving govt servant is debarred from working for the private ventures. It is taken as a violation and the accused is dealt accordingly.
Justice Dr Prasayat.J of Supreme Court by his ruling on the issue of status of the employees of URCs civil appeal 3495 of 2005 decided on 28 Apr 2009 ( The judge retired on 10 May 2009) has however altered the situation. As per the SC judgement delivered by Justice Dr Prasayat " URCs run by the Three Services {( and by almost every govt deptt in the ministry of Defence as well as Offence sorry Finance & Home)} are Private Ventures and its employees by no stretch of imagination are employees of the govt or CSD'.
The JAG Br Army has inferred that "URCs are not instrumentally of the State hence are not covered by RTI Act 2005" As a lay man I can also infer " That govt servants ( the Armed Forces Personnel, The civilian govt employees of the Ministry of Defence as well as the Ministry of Offence sorry Finance, the Home { Who all are allowed to run their own URCs as per quoted auth of an Army Order 19/2003 published by the COAS ( The Chief of Army Staff)} are hence not debarred from working for the private ventures even when they are in service.
Am I off target?