GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
FINANCE AND PLANING (FW. FR.I)
DEPARTMENT
Cir.Memo.No.43877/682/A2/FR.l/96 Dated:1-1-1997.
Sub: Public Services - Periods of absence or Govt. Employees – Treating as
Compulsory Wait - Instructions - Issued.
Ref: 1. G.O.Rt.No.2985. G.A. (Spl.A) Dept., dated:1-8-1979.
2. G.O.Rt.No.127, F & P (FW. FR.I) Dept., dated
26-6-1982.
3. G.O.Ms.No. 48, F & P (FW. FR.I) Dept., dated 24-3-1981.
4. From the R.A.O. Lr.No. Prl. AGAU.I/RAO/CA.1/II/41, dt
9-7-96.
As per ruling (13) of the ruling
contained under FR.9(6), when a Government servant on return from leave has to
compulsorily wait for posting orders such periods of waiting shall be treated
as duty. As per instructions under FR.72, a government servant desiring to
return to duty within the period or his leave should communicate his desire to
the authority which sanctioned the leave sufficiently early to enable to make
suitable arrangements for the issue or posting orders. Normally, whenever any
Government employee is sanctioned any type or leave the orders sanctioning
leave should necessarily contain a para with regard to his/her reposting after
the expiry or leave. However. In cases where it is not possible to specify
about the reposting in the orders sanctioning leave, the authority competent to
sanction leave shall take prompt action to issue posting orders to the individual
sufficiently in advance to enable the employee to join at the place posted immediately
after the expiry or leave.
2. Instructions were issued in the G.O. third read above,
to avoid delays in the matter or issue of reposting orders in the type of cases
referred to above with a direction to take disciplinary action against the
defaulting officers besides ordering for the recovery of the unnecessary
expenditure involved in such cases.
3. Inspite of that, instances have come to the notice or
Government that in many cases action was not taken to issue reposting orders
whenever leave is sanctioned to any Government employee, thereby the employees
had to wait for posting orders for longer periods leading to the issue or
orders by Government treating such periods as compulsory wait under ruling (13)
of F.R.9(6). Instances have also come to the notice or Government that whenever
any employee is transferred from any post the post to which he/she is
transferred is not indicated in that order. but separate orders are being
issued, after some delay. In these cases, also, the concerned employees have to
wait for posting orders and such periods also have to be treated as ‘Compulsory
Wait” by the Government. By treating the periods of waiting for posting orders
as ‘compulsory Wait’ there is a huge burden on State funds besides the employees’
are paid full salary without any work during that period.
4. The Resident Audit Officer in his letter 4th cited,
suggested the Government to minimise the period or compulsory wait and requested
to issue orders.
5. The above suggestion of Residential Audit Officer has
been considered by the Government and it has been felt that the Departments of
Secretariat and Head of Departments are not complying with the instructions
already issued in the Government Order 3rd cited. Government accordingly
request that the reposting orders are issued promptly while sanctioning leave
to the employees and while transferring the employees from any post. They are
also requested to issue suitable instructions to their sub-ordinate officers
who are competent to sanction leave or competent to transfer their
subordinates, to follow these instructions.
6. Any lapse on the part of the authorities competent to
sanction leave or to transfer the employee, in this regard will be viewed
seriously and suitable disciplinary action shall be taken against those
officers who are responsible for the lapse, besides recovering the unnecessary
expenditure caused to Government from the defaulting officers who have failed
to implement the above instructions as already specified in the Government
Order third cited.
M. SAHOO
Secretary to
Government (R & E)
