CHAPTER 1 - Border Roads Organisation

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Introduction
PLURAL MARRIAGE
1. In accordance with Rule 21 of Central Civil Service (Conduct) Rules 1964.
(a) No Government servant shall enter into, or contract, a marriage with a person
having a spouse living, and
(b) No Government servant having a spouse living, shall enter into or contract, a
marriage with any person, provided that the Central Government may permit a
Government servant to enter into, or contract, any such marriage as is referred to in
clause (a) or (b) above, if it is satisfied that :-
(i) Such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such
Government servant and the other party to the marriage; and
(ii)
there are other grounds for so doing.
(c) A Government servant, who has married or marries a persons other than of Indian
Nationality shall forthwith intimates the fact to the Government.
Aim
2. Aim of this ROI is to streamline the rule position with regard to plural marriage.
Declaration on Appointment
3. A declaration in writing (specimen attached as Appendix „X‟) will be obtained from all
GREF personnel before they are appointed in GREF as to whether they have more than one wife
living and in the event of declaration in the negative, being found to be incorrect after his
appointment in GREF, he will be liable to be dismissed from service. This declaration/certificate
will be obtained by the appointing authority before the appointment is actually made and filed
with the individual‟s form of appointment.
4. In exceptional cases, however, where the appointment of an individual, having more than
one living wife is recommended on any special grounds, sanction of the Government will be
obtained to exempt such individual from the operation of this rule before the appointment is
actually made. Appointing authority will take up such cases with HQ DGBR through proper
channel.
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