In the Memo. cited, the instructions of the Government of India were communicated to the effect that the public interest shall be guiding factor in deciding the question of placing a Government servant under suspension and the disciplinary authority should have the discretion to decide this taking all factors into account. The circumstances in which a disciplinary authority may consider it appropriate to place a government servant under suspension, as laid down by the Government of India, were also indicated. These instructions include cases where the continuance in office of the Government servant will be against the wider public interest, such as public scandal, particularly corruption, etc.
2. The Director, Anti-Corruption Bureau has brought to the notice of Government that in many cases trapped officers are not being straight away relieved on suspension due to delay in issue of suspension orders and relief of such officers leading to destroyal of material evidence by the accused officers. He has suggested that officers trapped be immediately shifted out of their charge, if any interregnum between the trap and the actual relief after being placed under suspension is anticipated, so that material evidence is not destroyed.
3. The matter has been considered by Government
and they hereby direct that the officers trapped be placed under suspension
immediately, that if there is likely to be any interregnum between the trap and
the actual relief of the trapped officer after being placed under suspension,
the competent authorities should consider whether the officers could be
transferred immediately so that material evidence is not destroyed and that
arrangements should be made to relieve trapped officers forthwith.
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