Section 74 in U.P. Zila Panchayats Service Rules, 1970
74. Integrity certificate.
(1)Annual confidential report shall also contain an opinion about the integrity of the servant concerned. The form of the integrity certificate shall be as follows :"Nothing has come to my knowledge which castes any reflection on the integrity of..............His general reputation for honesty is good and I certify his integrity."(2)A servant who fails to obtain integrity certificate will be stopped at the efficiency bar or his ordinary annual increment will be stopped. If he is on probation, he will not be confirmed until his integrity is certified :Provided that a servant whose integrity certificate is withheld shall have the right to make a representation to the Appellate Authority prescribed in Rule 41.
