Instances have come to notice wherein Government servants giving evidence before the Tribunal for Disciplinary Proceedings go back on statements given by them before the Officers of the Anti-Corruption Bureau during enquiry, notwithstanding the fact that the statements are signed by them.
The discrepant evidence has often led the Tribunal to hold that the charge is not proved. When an employee is approached by an Officer of the Anti-Corruption Bureau during enquiry into the conduct of a Government servant, he should carefully recapitulate the facts known to him and make a well-considered statement which is true to the best of his knowledge. There should then be no occasion for him to give before the Tribunal, evidence which materially differs from his earlier statement made to the Anti-Corruption Bureau officials during enquiry. There have been quite a few instances in which Government employees were found to have given before the Tribunal evidence materially different from what they stated during the Anti-Corruption Bureau enquiry.
2. After careful consideration, the Government have decided that
such misconduct cannot be allowed to pass without notice. The Departments of
Secretariat and Heads of Departments and District Collectors are informed that
in all cases where a Government servant has given evidence which is materially
different from that recorded and signed by him earlier, disciplinary action
under Rule 8(1) of the Andhra Pradesh Civil Services (CCA) Rules should
invariably be taken against the employee responsible for such discrepant
statements for contravention of provisions of Rule 3(1) and 3(2) of Andhra
Pradesh Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964.
