CBSE to hire retired govt officials to conduct probes

New Delhi, April 1

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to form a panel of retired senior government officials from where officials can be appointed as inquiry officers for conducting departmental inquiries, a senior board official said today.

The panel will be valid for three years and the number of disciplinary cases assigned to an inquiry officer will be restricted to eight cases in a year with not more than 4 cases at a time, the official said.

“The CBSE proposes to prepare a panel of retired officials of the Central government, state government and PSUs who retired from the post of Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary, Director and Deputy Secretary or equivalent rank, to be appointed as inquiry officer for conducting departmental inquiries,” a board official said.

The board is seeking applications from the retired officials and they will be paid honorarium as per prescribed rates. “A review of an inquiry officer will be done after receipt of two reports, where adherence to timelines and quality of work will be assessed by the office. Subsequent allocation of work may be done only after such evaluation,” the official said. — PTI