GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
Sub:
Enquiries - Commissionerate of inquiries - Entrustment of Departmental
enquiries to the Commissioner of Inquiries - Certain Instructions - Issued.
Ref:
U.O. Note No. 1005/SC. E/97-3, dated 27.09.1997.
The attention of all Departments of Secretariat is invited to the reference cited, wherein, all the Disciplinary Authorities were requested to entrust all pending and future disciplinary cases of Gazetted Officers / Non-Gazetted Officers, wherever considered necessary, by the Disciplinary Authorities of the Government and Heads of Departments ( other than A.LS Officers) to the Commissionerate of Inquiries duly following the procedure such as training charges, obtaining the written statement of defence, consideration of the written statement of defence etc as laid down in the provisions of APCS (CCA) Rules, 1991.
All
Departments of Secretariat and other Disciplinary Authorities are therefore,
requested to deal with the cases concerning unauthorized absence at the
Departmental level only and not to refer them to Commissionerate of Inquiries.
P.V.RAO