Handbook for Inquiry Officers and Disciplinary Authorities
Handbook for Inquiry Officers and Disciplinary Authorities
Handbook for Inquiry Officers and Disciplinary Authorities
Officers applied for VRS can not take sensitive decision in Office – Ministry of Finance issues instructions
Central Vigilance Commission’s jurisdiction over employees of Multi-State Cooperative Societies like NAFED, KRIBHCO etc
Instructions have been issued in the past for expeditious disposal of disciplinary proceedings against delinquent government servants. However, it has been observed that disciplinary proceedings are generally taking a long time which defeats the very purpose of initiating the said proceedings. Therefore, it has been considered necessary to issue the following guidelines for monitoring and expeditious disposal of disciplinary proceedings
Instructions issued vide O.M. No. 22012/1/99-Estt. (D) dated 25.10.2004 based on the O.M. No. 22011/4/1991-Estt. (A) dated 14.09.1992 (issued on the basis of procedure laid down by Supreme Court in K.V. Jankiraman case AIR 1991 SC 2010) makes it clear that vigilance clearance for promotion may be denied only in the following three circumstances:-
whether Government has issued a missive to all Ministries/Departments, Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and Public Sector Banks to strictly follow a time limit of three months in taking action against corrupt officials
whether it is a fact that according to the Central Civil Service (Conduct) Rules, 1964, no Government servant, except with the prior approval of Government, could contest election in cooperative societies, Residents Welfare Association (RWA) etc. or hold an elected post
DOPT has issued consolidated instructions regarding grant of Honorarium to Inquiry Officers (IO) and Presenting Officers (PO) taking part in the departmental enquiry conducted with employees
Seniority in Government Services is an important factor in terms of promotion to higher posts. Recently, DOPT has issued a comprehensive Clarifications on various issues un-answered so far, in the form of Frequently Asked Questions.
The controller of defence accounts has pointed out in the ciruclar No AN-I/1479/5/IPR dated 22.11.2011, that significant number of annual property returns submitted by Group A Officers for the year 2011, did not reflect the details of property owned by respective Group A officers
The Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) has referred its OM No. 104/100/2009-AVD.I dated 14.1.2010 as amended vide corrigendum of even number dated 8/3/2011 and amended the said OM as follows :
The Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) has referred to the provisions of Rule 16(2) of the AIS (Conduct) Rules, 1968, which mandates every member of the Service to submit an annual immovable property return in the prescribed proforma. The Ministry also directed that based on recent decision to place annual immovable property returns filed by AIS officers in the public domain has necessitated closer monitoring of finer details like reckoning the exact date of filing return by the officers.