Missing IRS(C&CE) Officers
THE CBEC has circulated a list of 27 IRS(C&CE) officers who have been unauthorisedly absent from duty for a long time. It has not been possible to take necessary action against these officers for want of their present address(es). The list contains, inter-alia, the last known posting of these officers.
Board has requested the Chief Commissioners and DGs to provide information which may help locating the whereabouts of these officers. It seems some of these officers are outside the country (illegally of course); even the Board letter says that some of them are reportedly abroad. It is strange that these officers have left the country or not returned from abroad, against all rules and norms and these are senior revenue officers of the government of India! Apparently the department is very accommodative and there is no punishment for absconding officers – they can come back and happily continue in the department!
But the Board's list is also not that all correct. It is not as if all the officers in the list are unauthorisedly absent as the Board letter says – the fact seems to be that Board doesn't have information about them and that is because the Board records are not updated. Recently I met at least one of these missing officers working in the office!