In Memo. No. 1072/65-1 General Administration (Ser.C) Department, dated 19-5-1965, instructions were issued that as soon as a petition from a Government servant addressed to a higher authority through proper channel is received, the competent authority should inform the employee concerned the action proposed to be taken on the petition within a fortnight from the date of receipt of the petition, and if it is withheld, the fact should be intimated to the petitioner, and that only after receiving an endorsement to this effect, it will be open to the petitioner to submit a copy of his petition directly to the higher authority.
3. Government have decided that employees, who
fail to receive intimation of the action proposed to be taken to their
representations addressed to higher authorities submitted to the forwarding
authorities, may, after the expiry of two months from the date of submission of
the representations submit copy, of their representations to the next higher
authority. The Heads of Departments and the Departments of Secretariat are
requested to bring these instructions to the notice of all the officers and
employees under their control and to ensure that representations received from
employees are promptly attended to.
