Chief Commissioners - Don't leave Hqrs without telling your Boss
IT has come to the notice of the CBEC that at times some of the Chief Commissioners / Directors General leave their stations on tour or otherwise either within or outside their jurisdiction, without intimation or due prior approval of their Zonal Members, as the case may be.
Board wants all Chief Commissioners and DGs to inform their Zonal Member while leaving out of the station within their jurisdiction. However, they must take the prior approval of their Zonal Member in case they are moving out of their jurisdiction either on official tour or otherwise.
Should the Board be issuing such a direction now? As far back as in 1994, the DOPT OM No. 11013/7/94-Estt.(A), dated 18.05.1994, clarified that;
“the provisions of FR 11 which provides that ‘unless in any case it be otherwise distinctly provided, the whole time of a Government servant is at the disposal of the Government which pays him….' Article 56 of the Civil Service Regulations also provides that ‘no officer is entitled to pay and allowance for any time he may spend beyond the limits of his charge without authority.' It is implicit in these provisions that a Government servant is required to take permission for leaving station/headquarters. It is thus clear that such permission is essential before a Government servant leaves his station or headquarters”
Apparently, leaving the Headquarters without permission is a contravention of the Conduct Rules and as such liable for punishment.
CBEC F.No.C-50/22/2011-Ad.II Dated: May 30, 2011