In line with the Pauri district magistrate Chandra Shekhar Bhatt’s instruction to the officers concerned to launch drive to ascertain if the employees are attending Government offices rightly and are found working during the working hours; sub-divisional magistrate Pl Shah made sudden inspection of five Government offices, including the collectorate and tehsil. He found that 13 employees and one officer were absent from duty without having sought prior permission. Notably, DM asked the officers concerned to embark on time to time drives to better the State of dwindling work culture.
Shah told The Pioneer that he had found all present in the election office. “However, in district Aurvedic and Unanni department, four third grade staffers and two fourth grade staffers were found absent. On the top of it, the officer was also found absent.
In the collectorate, things were not much better. One third grade and four fourth grade employees were not found on their seats during the inspection. When I made an unscheduled visit to the land acquisition office I found absenteeism too. One third grade and one fourth grade employee were found absent. And in the Pauri tehsil office, one fourth grade employee was found taking unauthorized leave,” he said.
Shah further said that he had submitted a report to the district magistrate with a recommendation that one day salary of such errant employees should be deducted.