Higher qualification info to officials

Your brother shall compulsorily take prior permission to go for higher studies and then after passing of examination he may submit certificate to the organization. 

Yes, the employee has to seek permission of his employer as per rules on the subject.

If your brother is interested to persue his studies, he should have posted this query.

I think open university means distance learning. You study at home on your own or through correspondence or nowadays through the internet. Then you may appear for their examination and pass or fail. If you pass that may be  additional qualifications. Your employer may or may not give credit for your acquiring higher qualifications such as salary increase, a promotion or elgibility for another better post. There is nothing in the outmoded Government Servants' Conduct Rules that prevents a Government Servant from pursuing higher studies or requiring their permission for such higher studies. I am a scientist retired from Government service. Progress of science requires freedom.

If you pursue higher studies for promotion in your job, permission from the higher authorities is compulsory under such circumstances.

It is always better to seek permission for perusing further studies from competent authority, which is generally granted.

From whom to seek permission. Your superior officers may not know what the law is. The tendency will be mostly to say No. There is no law in Government that requires such permission. And there is no law that says that promotion or higher salary is automatic if one acquires a higher qualification. Mostly qualifications acquired through distance education are not recognised in Government service.

Originally posted by : Dr. MPS RAMANI Ph.D.[Tech.]
	From whom to seek permission. Your superior officers may not know what the law is. The tendency will be mostly to say No. There is no law in Government that requires such permission. And there is no law that says that promotion or higher salary is automatic if one acquires a higher qualification. Mostly qualifications acquired through distance education are not recognised in Government service.

It is other-way-round and your misconception.

I am a retired Government servant from a scientific establishment and that too from a position where requests for permission were to come to me.  Also during younger years I have studied, acquired qualifications and then informed the department. I know several others have also done so. Permission is required if such studies are likely to affect the work. For instance, if attending classes are required one may have to be absent from work.

Yes, he must obtain prior written permission (or a No Objection Certificate/NOC) from his department before enrolling or appearing for examinations. Submitting the degree certificate after completing the course without prior approval is not sufficient and violates government conduct rules.

Central and State Conduct Rules mandate that a government employee must inform their appointing authority and obtain explicit permission before pursuing higher studies or appearing in any board/university examinations.

Pursuing a degree secretly or without formal permission constitutes misconduct, which can lead to administrative or disciplinary action against the employee. The qualification will not be added to his official Service Book unless it was completed with prior department approval. Unapproved degrees cannot be used for claiming departmental promotions, higher grade pay, or incentives.

The CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 contains no provision that a Government servant needs to take prior permission before pursuing higher studies. In the absence of any such statutory provision, pursuing higher studies or appearing in any Board/University Examinations, by itself, cannot constitute a misconduct. Of course, there could be disciplinary action if pursuit of higher studies has adversly affected performance of his/her duties.

No permission of the Government is required to pursue higher studies without affecting one's work as a Government servant. I have been saying this again and again.