Office orders are used by a competent authority for issuing instructions for internal administration like change of working hours, warning letter show cause notice, grant of leave, distribution of work, promotions and trAns fers etc. They are the meAns of downward communication. The Office Orders are issued periodically. The sequence of information is pre-decided. The copy of the Office Order is also forwarded to the other effected Departments/Officers. Office Order is written in third person.