GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (SERVICES - C) DEPARTMENT
Memo. No. 1565/Ser.C/81-1, dated 15th
January 1982.
SUB: OFFICE
PROCEDURE - Correspondence from District Collectors to Government -
Instructions - Issued.
According to the Andhra Pradesh Government Business Rules issued under article 166 of the Constitution, the business of the Government is transacted in the Departments of Secretariat and issues of general importance are examined at the Secretariat level only. The rules stress the need for routing correspondence from District Officials to the Government through the Secretary to Government in the concerned Departments. Therefore, all official correspondence with which Secretaries are directly or indirectly concerned has to be addressed to the Secretary concerned. However, in cases of extreme urgency where the Secretary to Government is not readily available and where the matter books no delay, Ministers and other authorities may contact the Collectors and the Heads of Departments direct for obtaining any factual information to save time. Even then it is necessary that the Collectors and Heads of Departments should route their replies through the Secretaries to the Government.
2.
All Heads of Departments and District Collectors are requested to follow the
above instructions.
