The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) is mulling to enforce Central Civil Services Conduct (CCS) Rules for its teachers, who termed it as a bid to "gag them" and an assault on "academic freedom".

Three JD(U) MPs have also written to Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani alleging the administration of the State-run media school is "politicising" academic issues raised by the teaching staff.

The issue figures on the agenda of the institute's Executive Council (EC) meeting scheduled for tomorrow, where a decision may be taken to include Code of Conduct, Professional Ethics and Disciplinary matters in the IIMC's bylaws.

The CCS Rules bar government servants from criticising any current or recent policy or action of the Central government or a state government.

A committee was formed in 2016 to deliberate on the issue, which in its last meeting on July 28 framed its recommendations including that the IIMC may follow all rules of the Central government wherever IIMC bylaws are silent.

"As regards the Professional Code of Ethics and other issues, a comprehensive review of IIMC's bylaws may be done as about five decades have elapsed since they were adopted.