Cracking the administrative whip, the Akhilesh Yadav Government served show-cause notices on eight district magistrates and 10 district police chiefs for being absent from their offices and asked all officials to attend offices regularly.
The government spokesman said in a statement that the Chief Minister checked the attendance of district officials through telephone and found eight DMs and 10 district police chiefs absent.
“On the instructions of the Chief Minister, the Government issued show-cause notice to all officers (found absent) and they have been asked to submit their explanations,” the spokesman said on Wednesday.
The Government order also directed the district magistrates and district police chiefs to be present at their offices between 10 in the morning and12 noon to hear the grievances of the people otherwise strict action would be taken against them.
The spokesman said that the DMs of Gorakhpur, Etawah, Bareilly, Jaunpur, Gonda, Ballia, Mirzapur and Firozabad districts were found missing from their offices.
The district police chiefs of Maharajganj, Amethi, Shahjahanpur, Mahoba, Shamli, lalitpur, Shravasti, Unnao, Mau and Amroha were also found absent from their offices.
The spokesman said that officers have been asked to attend offices regularly and resolve people’s problems. “The Chief Minister has said the officers to attend office regularly. If they fail to do so action will be taken against them,” the spokesman said in the statement.