Cracking a whip on all those erring Government employees who have got permanent immigration or green cards of foreign countries, the Punjab Government on Friday asked the Vigilance Bureau to conduct a thorough enquiry in the whole case and submit status report within two months.
“A vigilance enquiry has been ordered in the face of such reports revealing that a large number of Government employees and its entities have got permanent resident (PR) visas, or green cards, or immigrant status in foreign countries in gross violation of service rules,” said the official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau.
To clear the air in this regard, the Punjab Government has decided to conduct vigilance enquiry into the whole case, he said.
A spokesperson said Chief Director, Vigilance Bureau, has been specifically asked to identify all those Government employees of the State Government who had acquired permanent resident visas, green cards, or immigrant status in foreign countries in violation of the applicable rules and instructions.