GOVERNMENT
OF ANDHRA PRADESH
GENERAL
ADMINISTRATION (SPL C) DEPARTMENT
Cir.Memo.No.49/Spl. C/2004-1 Dated:17-02-2004
Sub:
Public Services - Appointment of Common Inquiring Authority in respect of AIS
Officers and State Officers / Staff when they are involved in a common
irregularity - Instructions - Issued.
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It
has been brought to the notice of the Government that when All India Service
Officers, for whom AIS (D & A) Rules, 1969 are applicable and the State
Officers / Staff for whom A.P.C.S. (C.C. & A) Rules, 1991 are applicable;
are jointly involved in a misconduct, Inquiring Authorities are separately
being appointed under the relevant Rules by General Administration Department,
in respect of All India Service Officers and other Administrative Departments,
in respect of the Officers and Staff of the respective Departments. Such
appointments of separate Inquiring Authorities are leading to difficulties in
arriving at a comprehensive view and establish relative roles and the extent of
involvement of Officers and Staff in misconduct committed jointly.
2. All the Departments in Secretariat are,
therefore, requested to take necessary steps to appoint a Common Inquiring
Authority or the same Inquiry Officer in respect of both All India Service
Officers and the Officers / Staff of State Government, though under different
Rules, wherein they are involved in a common or joint misconduct, in
consultation with respective Counter Part Departments, without fail.
3. All Heads of Departments of State
Government shall also invariably propose for appointment of same Inquiring
Authority while furnishing draft articles of charges against All India Service
Officers and State Officers, in misconduct jointly committed by them.
4. The above instructions shall be followed
in all disciplinary cases against All India Service Officers and State
Officers, when they are jointly involved in misconduct.
MOHAN
KANDA
Chief
Secretary to Government
