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5. SERVICE RECORDS5.1 Service book is a record of every event occurring in the officiallife of a government servant. It has to be maintained for everygovernment servant holding a permanent or a temporary postexcept for those who are not likely to be in service for more thanone year or those holding non pensionable service (SRs 196 and197).5.2 Service book in form MSO(T)-27 (Revised) must be opened forall government servants from the date of entry into service and isto be maintained till he ceases to be in service. Service book alsocontains certain entries about events prior to entry into theservice. Entries at this stage are to be recorded very carefully afterconsulting the original certificates. Once the service book isopened and the entries at the initial stage recorded, other entriesalso have to be recorded as and when the events take place.Entries regarding confirmation, suspension, reduction in rank,withholding of increments, recovery of loss, leave without pay,service break, award of President Police Medal/Indian Police Medaletc., should be made in red ink. Service book must be kept in safecustody.5.3 All the entries made in the service book should be dulyattested. There should not be erasing or overwriting in the servicebook. Corrections, if any, should be neatly done and properlyattested. The Head of Offices are permitted to delegate powers tosubordinate Gazetted officers under them, to attest entries in theservice books except their own service book for which the Head ofOffices are responsible (SR-199).5.4 In CBI, different posts are filled by deputation as well as directrecruitment/promotion etc. In so far as the deputationists areconcerned, service books in prescribed format of the parentdepartment are transferred to CBI and entries with regard to theevents during the tenure of their deputation are to be recorded bythe concerned office at the appropriate place/part/column.5.5 To eliminate delay in payment of pension, it shall be theresponsibility of the officer maintaining the service book to makeannual verification and also complete and certify the service bookin respect of previous service in the twenty fifth year of service or 5years before retirement, whichever is less. The orders of thePage 35 of 35