New
Delhi: IAS and IPS officers will lose their job for overstaying on
foreign assignments for more than a month or for being on unauthorised
leave without permission, as per the new rules formed by the government
today.
DoPT Secretary Sanjay Kothari
In
case states fail to act against delinquent officers, the Centre will on
its own initiate proceedings of "deemed resignation" against them, it
said.
The
move comes after it was noticed that some bureaucrats were not
reporting back to India after completion of their foreign postings. Few
of them were also proceeding on unauthorised leave soon after completing
their tenure abroad.
If
an officer of all India service -- Indian Administrative Service (IAS),
Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS), remains
unauthorisedly absent after the sanctioned period of leave, study leave
or tenure of foreign assignment, there shall be a one month waiting
period, the rules said.
After
that, the state government concerned under whose cadre the officer
hails from, shall issue a show cause notice, thereby giving him an
opportunity to explain his case.
Thereafter,
if the officer does not return to duty, the state government concerned
shall initiate proceedings of deemed resignation and forward a proposal
to the Centre for effecting it within next two months, it said, adding
that the process of deemed resignation should be completed within three
months time.
In
case the state government fails to comply with these instructions, the
central government shall initiate proceedings of deemed resignation on
its own, the rules finalised by Department of Personnel and Training
(DoPT) said.
"However,
there is no bar in issuing show cause notice and seek clarification
from a member of service for being unauthorisedly absent any time during
one year period of unauthorised absence," it said.
But
after period of one year of unauthorised absence, the whole process of
deemed resignation shall be completed within three months, the rules
said.
As
per existing rules, an officer shall be deemed to have resigned from
service if he is absent without authorisation for a period exceeding one
year from the date of expiry of sanctioned leave or continues on
foreign assignment beyond the period approved by the central government.
The
DoPT has sent the new rules to chief secretaries of state governments
and union territories, and also to Home and Environment, forest and
climate change ministries -- cadre controlling authorities for IPS and
IFoS respectively.
There
are 10 IAS officers who are at present on unauthorised leave and
necessary action is being taken against them, said a senior official in
DoPT, the cadre controlling authority for IAS.
PTI
