Expressing his concern over the pendency of disciplinary proceedings against erring employees in some Government organisations, Punjab Chief Secretary Sarvesh Kaushal on Friday said that the process in such matters should be speeded up so that the defaulters can be punished and innocents can be honourably exonerated without loss of time.
At the State level Workshop of Chief Vigilance Officers (CVOs) of various departments here, he emphasised that every department must set up an ‘evaluation unit’ in their organisations to ascertain the backlog of such cases and CVOs must extend professional assistance in expediting the issues.
He also impressed upon the need to check malpractices and irregularities in official business in their respective organisations and to bring about transparency in a bid to ensure citizen-centric services for the people of Punjab.
Kaushal emphasised that the institution needs to be streamlined to cope with emerging challenges. These CVOs must equip themselves with a working knowledge of the CVC Manual, Vigilance Manual, CBI Manual and provisions of RTI and Right to Service Acts to ensure efficient and effective performance of their duties, said he.
Stressing the need for punctuality and promptness by officers and officials in the Government departments, Kaushal said that this is a prime requisite for creating a healthy environment and paving the way for speedy disposal of official work.
He said that the CVOs must invariably check the attendance of the employees of all ranks and submit reports about the absentees if any, to the Head of the Department and also to Vigilance Wing for taking further corrective measures.
Kaushal added that Punjab Government and Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration is making vigorous efforts for upgrading the professional skills and knowledge of officials of all ranks of various departments of the State Government through professional training, capacity building and re-orientation programmes.
He said that besides regular monthly training programme of IAS, IFS, PCS and PSS officers, capacity building workshops were organised for NGOs and RTI stakeholders.