Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday issued a fresh directive to all the state officials, including district magistrates and district police chiefs, to reach their offices by 9 am or face stern action.
“The state officers, including DMs and SPs, should reach their offices at any cost by 9 am. The officers should follow the orders with immediate effect and any violation will attract severe punishment,” the UP Chief Minister’s office tweeted on Thursday.
Sources said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had taken a serious note of officers not reaching their offices on time. They said
there was a proposal to deduct salary and give adverse entry in their record for violation of the order.
After the Lok Sabha polls, some officers, including a police officer in Etah, had protested the government order. The police officer had asked how could a police officer reach office by 9 am when he/she had to work till 4 am in the morning.
Yogi Adityanath, who has shown zero tolerance to corruption and discipline in the government offices, has advocated compulsory retirement and dismissal of corrupt and inefficient officers.
In the police department, information has been sought from all districts about policemen crossing the age of 50 years who can be given forced retirement for their laxity.
Earlier too, the government had issued similar orders.