ARTICLE OF CHARGES MUST BE HANDED OVER TO CHARGED GOVERNMENT SERVANT WITH IN 15 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF TAKING THE DECISION TO START FORMAL PROCEEDINGS, FOR WHICH THE ADHOC COMMITTEE OF CHAMBA ZONE MAY PROCEED FURTHER IN MATTER, AS DECIDED BY THE RESPECTIVE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER CHAMBA ON 25-4-2024

RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD 3552 Himachal Pradesh and particularly the Chamba zone of state remained on dharna for five days of the period wef 19-4-2024 onwards for which the main cause of concern was delay in deciding the cases lying pending before the Superintendent of police Chamba as well as other office for connectivity had been the issue and matter so related to the captioned subject of time schedule for conduct of departmental enquiries is in clear way stating that when the disciplinary authority is different from the enquiry officer, the said disciplinary authority should pass final orders without delay, ensuring that the case is finally decided with in six months, as for as possible. The following time schedule is laid down for various stages to be gone through before the passing of the final orders :-- (1) Calling upon the Government servant concerned to show cause against the proposed punishment where necessary, one week from the date of the receipt of the enquiring officers report. (2) Time to be allowed to the government servant to file a reply with in 15 days (3) Final Orders :--(a) Where reference to the public service Commission is necessary:- Six weeks from the date of the receipt of the final explanation of the government servant. (b) Where no such reference is necessary-A fortnight from the date of receipt of the final explanation of the government servant concerned. So keeping in view the above time schedule laid by the law code manual prefixed by the expeditious disposal of cases the respective Deputy Commissioner Chamba has given ten days period to the state body met with the office and authority in this behalf of the decision and conclusion of the demand under public utility however it is particularly mentioned here that the said schedule of conduct of compliance under law code manual is being ignored every where in the offices of the disciplinary authorities responsible for the good governance and accountability for which the department of administrative reforms and the DOPT working on the captioned subject of order and verification must issue clear instructions to the Heads of the department and the officers concerned to follow schedule laid down by the law code manual and decide pending cases of the vigilance inquiries, so that pending issues may be resolved and justice be done to the both ways deemed suspension of such cases, where no proceedings of the departmental enquiries are held and matters kept pending without any reason of the delay and further prefix of Article of charges required to be handed over to the charged government servant within 15 days from the date of taking of the decision to start formal proceedings:-- Er Fateh Chand Guleria, RTI Welfare Association registered number HPCD 3552 Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone 9459334377and 7814966336