PATNA, June 30 -- The Bihar government has started training for all administrative officers in phases at the Institute of Secretariat Training and Management, New Delhi, to make them aware of the rules of the All India Service (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969 and the Bihar Government Servants (Classification Control and Appeal) Rules, 2005.

The move has been necessitated in view of the fact that 99% of the disciplinary actions taken in Bihar fall in judicial scrutiny due to procedural and technical error.

Established in 1948, the ISTM is an Indian central training institute for civil employees, managed directly by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) under the Government of India and provides training and skill development...