The Haryana Government has prepared amended declaration forms for movable and immovable property and issued directions for using these amended forms for the purpose of filing annual property returns in respect of class-I to class-III Government officers or employees except officers of Indian Administrative Services.
An official spokesman said that it has come to the notice that earlier declaration forms for movable and immovable property prescribed by the Government under rule 10 of the Government Employees Conduct Rules 1955 were still being used by the departments while the Government Employees (Conduct) Rules, 1955 have been amended. Besides, it has been observed that there were different property return forms or proformas for different class of officers or employees.
Keeping these facts in view, it has been decided to amend these property return forms or Proformas as per amended Government Employees (Conduct) Rules, 1966. Accordingly, the revised or amended declaration forms for movable and immovable property under rule 18 of the Government Employees (Conduct) Rules 1966 have been prepared in both English and Hindi version for filling annual property return by the Government servants, he added.
The spokesman said that all the Administrative Secretaries, Heads of Departments, Commissioners of all four divisions of Ambala, Hisar, Gurgaon and Rohtak and Deputy Commissioners of the State have been asked to ensure that the revised declaration forms for movable and immovable property were used for purpose of filing annual property return in respect of class-I to class-III officers.