THE RIGHTS OF GOVERNMENT SERVANTS ARE SUBJECT TO REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS AS MAY BE IMPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Article 19(1) of the Constitution of India provides that all citizens shall have the right to freedom of speech and expression;to assemble peaceably and without arms;to form associations or unions;The proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution provides for rules regulating the recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to Government services and posts. Accordingly the rights provided in Article 19(1) of the Constitution are also subject to reasonable restrictions, if any, imposed under the rules framed under proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution, in so far as the Government servants are concerned. Various rules have been framed under proviso to Article 309 and some of the provisions of such rules which impose reasonable restrictions are described under the Fundamental Rules . Fundamental Rule 11:--- Fundamental Rule 11 provides that unless in any case it be otherwise distinctly provided, the whole time of a Government servant is at the disposal of the Government which pays him and he may be employed in any manner required by proper authority without claim for additional remuneration. This rule further provides that the services required of a Government servant can be such as would ordinarily be remunerated from general revenues, from a local fund or from the funds of a body incorporated or not, which is wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Government.