DELAYS ARE SOURCE OF DISCONTENT AND DELAY BREEDS CORRUPTION WHERE TIME LIMIT FOR DISPOSAL ARE REDUCED TO MERE RED-TAPE.

The work of Government at all levels involves processing of papers containing information, instructions or decisions. Their quick and efficient processing is therefore the first step towards improving office efficiency. According to their nature and importance all fresh receipts are generally divisible into three categories viz, Immediate, Urgent and Ordinary. The time limits for the disposal of references in each of these three categories at various levels are kept and allowed for dealing with disposal at the level of the branch officer as below, Immediate allowed for dealing with in two days and Urgent with in four days and ordinary with in a period of six days but the purpose for which these references have been evolved carry no meaning in the present circumstance where it is defeated and reduced to mere red tape and delays occur in the disposal of work is a routine practice of the public offices, even some times the references received in the branches or offices are delayed and are not dealt with expeditiously or with as much sense of urgency as much required. It should be realised that the administrative delays are a source of discontent and delays breeds corruption, and effective implementation of the Government work and policies and programmes largely depends upon an efficient and speedy disposal of the work, where in monitoring of disposal, identification of delays and remedial action is necessary for the need of time and hour, keeping in view the pendency of cases at every levels of the Government and the Courts as well as Commissions and the period of pendency at the levels of the dealing hand is a serious concern where there is no disposal of the pending papers and such cases are ignored further till search for the remedial measures for which the Section officers must take cognisance through report and records of the disposal of important cases and also to prepare the weakly arrears statement at their end failing which it would be difficult to follow procedural compliance of the need for speedy disposal of work and function of the time limit for disposal of references recorded by the senior officers of the department and required for the final disposal accordingly