CBEC Wants to send off Truant Officers
CBEC wants Chief Commissioners to take action against officers who are unauthorisedly absent for a period of more than 5 years. The Department of Personnel and Training, vide GSR 261(E) dated 29.03.2012 provides that a Government servant who remains absent from duty for a continuous period exceeding five years other than on foreign service, with or without leave, shall be deemed to have resigned from the Government service, provided that a reasonable opportunity to explain the reasons for such absence shall be given to that Government servant before this provision is invoked.
All the Chief Commissioners/Directors General are directed to ensure that letters are issued to all such officers who are unauthorisedly absent for a period of more than five years at their last known addresses immediately with the request to report for duty within a period of 15 days from the date of issue of the letter, failing which action will be taken against them as per prevailing rules. If they neither respond nor report for duty, a last opportunity should be given by publishing a public notice in the local newspapers.