Issue of Duplicate Service Book

Issue of Duplicate Service Book

Regarding maintenance and issue of Duplicate Service Book to the Govt.servant, the extracts of Rule 257 of GFR-2005 is produced below:
(1) Service Book : Detailed Rules for maintenance of Service Books are contained in SR 196 to 203. Service Books maintained in the establishment should be verified every year by the Head of Office who, after satisfying himself that the services of Government servants concerned are correctly recorded in each Service Book shall record the following certificate "Service verified from ……(the date record from which the verification is made)……….. upto ………(date)…………." .
(2) The service book of a government servant shall be maintained in duplicate. First copy shall be retained and maintained by the Head of the Office and the second copy should be given to the
government servant for safe custody as indicated below :-
(a) To the existing employees - within six months of the date on which these rules become effective.
(b) To new appointees - within one month of the date of appointment.
(3) : In January each year the Government servant shall handover his copy of the Service Book to his office for updation. The office shall update and return it to the Government Servant within thirty days of its receipt.
(4) In case the Government servants' copy is lost by the government servant, it shall be replaced on payment of a sum of Rs. 500/-.