In a shocking episode, 1177 officials and employees were found absent from duty and around 41 offices were even found locked during the surprise inspections conducted by all the Deputy Commissioners in the 10 districts of Jammu province.
According to the official spokesperson officials and employees were found unauthorisedly absent from duties.
The spokesman said that around 41 offices were even found locked during the inspections especially in district Rajouri, Kishtwar, Reasi, and Samba.
It was revealed that the DC’s had conducted the random searches with teams comprising of ADCs, ACRs, SDMs, and Tehsildars.
The Divisional Commissioner Jammu had received several complaints from various quarters regarding absenteeism and lack of punctuality in offices for quite some time.
According to the spokesperson, a total of around 600 government offices were inspected by the constituted teams from 10:30 am to 1 pm. The DCs themselves also inspected several offices.
Strict action is already underway with show-cause notices issued on these absentee officials and employees.
Also, the salary of these absentees for the month of August has been withheld.
This action of the Divisional Commissioner Jammu has reiterated the stand of the Government that any kind of indiscipline, lack of punctuality and absenteeism shall not be tolerated.