Staff restive at conditions
Acting arbitrarily, a DIG of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is compelling personnel under his command to pledge organ donation for seeking leave.
CRPF DIG BD Das posted at Silchar (Assam) has formulated a long and complex leave form asking for details like filing of electoral form, bank account with Aadhaar, certificate of annual firing practice and pledging organ donation among others.
The leave form has a check list of 20 items, including details of dependent cards, joint salary account with next of kin, PAN and Aadhaar cards of the official along with that of the next of kin, details of any pending court of enquiry and nomination in bank accounts besides courses undertaken among others.
The leave of the Central Civil Services, including CRPF, is governed by Central Civil Service Rules (Leave), 1972, which does not provide for mandatory organ donation.
In fact, the Union Home Ministry has expressly said that nobody should be compelled to pledge organ donation and the person should be allowed to change decision even after committing organ donation.
CRPF DIG (Intelligence) and chief spokesperson at CRPF headquarters M Dinakaran confirmed the provisions made by Das, but sought to downplay it.
The CRPF personnel are faced with serious difficulty in availing their leaves under the circumstances. “They are stressed and restive and the situation is becoming explosive,” said a source. According to an anonymous complaint to the Director General of CRPF, Das weighs 120 kg but has been put in Shape I category which is the best health standard in the Force. The allegations were enquired into by DIG SS Gohar from IG Office, Northeast Sector of CRPF at Shillong, sources said.
Chief spokesperson at CRPF HQ M Dinakaran said he would revert back about the allegations, but did not oblige.