U.O.Note No.301/Ser.C./85-2 Dated 14th May, 1985
Sub:- Secretariat
Office Manual - Certain instructions in regard to the pendency in the
Departments of Secretariat - Regarding
As per the provision contained in para 315 of Secretariat Office Manual, papers will normally be submitted by the office within five days of their receipt in office, i.e., from the date revealed by the officers date seal. Similarly, papers will normally be resubmitted within five days from the date on which they are marked back to the office. The Section Officer will be held responsible for any paper found pending in the section without sufficient grounds for more than five days. Holidays will not be excluded in calculating the period of five days.
2. As per the provision thereunder, no paper shall be kept in the office for more than ten days without the permission of the Assistant Secretary, the Under Secretary or the Deputy Secretary as the case may be in spite of the instructions, it has been noticed by Chief Minister that there is considerable delay in submitting the papers. It has been decided that no file should be pending in the Departments without any action beyond seven days.
3. The Secretaries to Government are, therefore, requested to ensure that provisions of Secretariat Office Manual are strictly implemented and that no file should be kept pending in the Department beyond seven days.
