by Harish Gupta, National Editor, Lokmat Group
312 top officers dismissed from service by Govt.
Conduct of 1.20 lakh officers reviewed, says PM
Harish Gupta
New Delhi, July 10
The government today disclosed that disciplinary provisions have been invoked against as many as 125 Group-A officers and 187 Group B officers.
Though news regarding pre-mature retirement/dismissal of only two dozen officers of the Indian Revenue Services and Customs had come to light. But the government said the total number of officers against whom dismissal/pre-mature retirement proceedings initiated under rule 56 (J) had been invoked.
In fact, in a major disclosure, the Prime Minister also disclosed that the government reviewed the conduct and functioning of as many as 36,756 Group-A and 82,654 Group-B
officers under FR 56(j). The review of almost 1.20 lakh officers in services was reviewed for the period between July 2014-May 2019.
And out of these action was initiated against 312 officers.
Disclosing this in the Lok Sabha today, the Prime Minister said in a written reply As per the applicable Disciplinary Rules, Government has the right to proceed
against corrupt officials on the basis of available evidence. The Government also, has the
absolute right to retire Government officials prematurely on the ground of lack of integrity and
ineffectiveness, in public interest, as per the provisions of Fundamental Rules (FR) 56(j)(l), Rule 48 of Central Civil Services (CCS) Pension) Rules, 1972 and Rule 16(3) (Amended ) of All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) [AIS(DCRB)] Rules, 1958. These rules lay down the policy of periodic review and premature retirement of Government servants, which is a
continuous process.
The PM was responding to a question asked by A Raja (DMK) who wanted to know whether the Government has ordered compulsory retirement to some of the Government officials across the country and whether the Government has ordered compulsory retirement to those officials also against whom charges have not been proven so far and their case are still under trial.
The government said that it had right to take action against the officers whose integrity was considered doubtful and due to other reasons.
