A total of 21 employees of different branches were found absent during a surprise checking conducted by the senior officer of Animal Husbandry Department on Tuesday. The surprise check was conducted by the department secretary on the instructions of the Minister in-charge Gulzar Singh Ranike to ensure punctuality and accountability of employees towards their duty and general public.
Ranike has sought explanation from the “erring” employees and also issued instructions to initiate departmental disciplinary proceedings against them. “The initiative has been taken to ensure employees’ attendance at the offices so as to accelerate service delivery mechanism. I have already instructed the Secretary to ensure timeline for disposal of official files and asked him to work out a computerized monitoring system to keep a check on their working,” said Ranike.
Instructions have been issued to Animal Husbandry secretary VK Meena “to conduct surprise check of total 13 branches of Directorate at Sector-17”. During the checking, 21 employees of eight branches were found absent. Another strict advisory has also been issued for the employees to be present in the office from 9 am to 5 pm and discharge their duty with full dedication and diligence.