U.O.Note No.1384/Ser.C./85-1 Dated 2nd January, 1986
Sub:- Consultative Committee of State Legislators for General Administration Department - Proceedings of the Meetings, held on 8-8-85 - Certain instructions in regard to the disposal of cases - Issued.
Ref:-
1. U.O.Note No.301/Ser.C/85-2, G.A.(Ser.C) Dept., Dated 14.5.1985.
In the U.O. Note cited, instructions were issued to all the Secretaries to Government, all Departments of Secretariat to ensure that no paper/file should be kept pending beyond seven days.
2. The matter relating to delays in processing the files at the Secretariat level with or without action with the Minister or an Officer for more than seven' days has figured at the Meeting of Consultative Committee of State Legislators for General Administration Department held on 8-8-1985. The Proceedings of the said meeting are extracted below: "The Chief Minister, while stating that there are delays in processing files "at the Secretariat level, informed the Committee that instructions were issued that no file should be kept pending without action for more than seven days. To a point raised by Sri G. V. Sudhakara Rao as to whether the above instructions on disposal of business apply to Ministers also, the Chief Minster replied, that a file should not be kept pending without action either with a Minister or an Officer for more than seven days. If it is kept pending for more than seven days, sufficient reasons should be adduced".
3. All the Private Secretaries to Ministers/Chief Minister are requested to bring the above proceedings of the Consultative Committee of Legislators to the notice of Honourable Ministers/Chief Minister.
4.
All the Secretaries to Government are requested to see that the files
circulated to Ministers concerned/Chief Minister are received back by the
Department within the stipulated time. If necessary, the Private Secretaries to
the Ministers should be reminded for return of the files with the orders of
Honourable Ministers concerned/Chief Minister.
