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4. On the basis of such averments, the petitioner sought the following reliefs:-

"(1) To direct the respondents to enquire the matter and file the return with regarding this news;
(2) To direct the Respondent no 1 to 6 to inquire the matter and take action against the Respondent No 7 to 9.
(3) To direct the guidelines with regard to Gazette or non-

gazette government officials may participate during election with post holders of RSS or any political party; (4) To interpret whether the RSS organization which is associate organization to BJP can take part with Central Government employees during election to benefit certain political party or group or taken donations from them. (5) To pass appropriate order for this illegal act by Respondent no 7 to 9 as required under the law and to take action in this regard.

(6) To issue a writ, order or direction in an appropriate nature to the respondents.

(7) To pass such other or further order(s) as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice."

5. In support of the petition, the petitioner has attached copies of newspaper reports, a complaint by the Congress candidate through her agent - Shri Ravindra Kumar Gupta, who is the counsel for the petitioner, to Chief Election Commissioner; a notice Annexure P/3 given by Shri O.P. Yadav, Advocate, through whom the present petition has been filed and is supported by his affidavit. In the notice - Annexure P/3, issued on behalf of the petitioner, it is averred that many officials have met the Head of RSS in the office of RSS at Keshav Kutir and thus they have violated the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 (hereinafter referred to as 'Rules of 1964'). The relevant extract of Rule 5 read as under:-

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7. Another instruction was issued in respect of activities of RSS and Jamaat-e-Islami by Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs vide Office Memorandum OM No.3/10/(S)/66-Ests (B), dated the 30th November, 1966. The same read as under:-
"(15) Participation by the Government servants in the activities of RSS and Jamaat-e-Islami - The attention of the Ministry of Finance, etc, is invited to the provisions of sub-rule (1) of Rule 5 of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, under which no Government servant shall be a member of, or be otherwise associated with, any political party or any organization which takes part in politics nor shall he take part in, subscribe in aid of, or assist in any other manner, any political movement or activity.

21. The petitioner alleges that certain Government officials had met the Head of RSS. Though in the writ petition, the petitioner is not categoric about the place of meeting, but in the notice - Annexure P/3, the officers are said to have met the Head of RSS in its office at Keshav Kutir. Though the officers had denied that they had met the Head of RSS, but we find that the larger issue as to whether a citizen, including a Government Officer, do have a right to meet any person. Has he has right of privacy to meet a person of his choice?