The State government has finally started disciplinary action against employees at various levels to avoid delay between the occurrence of actual offence/irregularity and framing of charges.
Acting swiftly on the basis of orders issued fixing timelines for completing proceedings in cases where disciplinary action is needed to be taken, the government has suspended several employees from service while it is in the process of registering cases against hundreds more. “In all, around 500 employees are under suspension. More than 1,200 are facing disciplinary action,” a senior official told The Hindu.
Steps have been initiated to gather information pertaining to the cases which remained unaddressed since long even as sources said a couple of hundreds of files recommending disciplinary action against erring staff are pending clearance from the higher ups for several months now. The development follows the orders issued in August (GO Ms 175 dated August 21) recommending timelines for completion of disciplinary proceedings.
Provisions under the Telangana Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1991 (Telangana Adaption Orders, 2016) and the Andhra Pradesh Revised Pension Rules, 1980 (Telangana Adaption Orders, 2016) empower the government to initiate action, including criminal proceedings, by filing charge sheets in a Court of Law.
