Annual Performance Assessment Report of Babus - Secret Report on Integrity
IT has been brought to the notice of the Government that many a time Reporting Officers do not make clear and categorical mention about the integrity of the officer reported upon.
Now the Government has directed that:
1. Supervisory officers should maintain a confidential diary in which instances which create suspicion about the integrity of a subordinate should be noted from time to time and action to verify the truth of such suspicions should be taken expeditiously by making confidential enquiries departmentally or by referring the matter to the Special Police Establishment (CBI). At the time of recording the annual confidential report, this diary should be consulted and the material in it utilised for filling the column about integrity. If the column is not filled on account of the unconfirmed nature of the suspicions, further action should be taken as follows.
2. The column pertaining to integrity in the character roll should be left blank and a separate secret note about the doubts and suspicions regarding the officer's integrity should be recorded simultaneously and followed up.
3. A copy of the secret note should be sent together with the character roll to the next superior officers who should ensure that the follow-up action is taken with due expedition.
4. If, as a result of the follow-up action, an officer is exonerated, his integrity should be certified and an entry made in the character roll. If suspicions regarding his integrity are confirmed, this fact can also be recorded and duly communicated to the officer concerned.
5. There may be cases in which after a secret report/note has been recorded expressing suspicion about an officer's integrity, the inquiries that follow do not disclose sufficient material to remove the suspicion or to confirm it. In such a case the officer's conduct should be watched for a further period, and, in the meantime, he should, as far as practicable, be kept away from positions in which there are opportunities for indulging in corrupt practices.
The remarks against the integrity column of APARs of the officer reported upon shall be made by the Reporting Officer in one of three options mentioned below:
1. Beyond doubt.
2. Since the integrity of the officer is doubtful, a secret note is attached.
3. Not watched the officer's work for sufficient time to form a definite judgement but nothing adverse has been reported to me about the officer.
DDT doubts - What happens when the reporting officer is corrupt and the reported officer is honest and so is a threat to the corrupt boss?