Officials found absent during surprise checks at govt offices in Hoshiarpur

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, September 22

On the instructions of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Apneet Riyait, a surprise inspection at various government offices was conducted by Assistant Commissioner (General) Kirpal Vir Singh here on Wednesday. Many officials and other employees were found absent and the departments concerned have been told to take action against the absentee officials.

Assistant Commissioner (General) Kirpal Veer Singh said at 9.15 am today, he first checked the office of the Power Corporation’s Executive Engineer (Urban), Kuldeep Singh, and SDO Lakshya Bhatia, where both the officers were found absent. He checked the attendance register of the office and many other employees of the department were also absent.

The assistant commissioner said during the inspection at the office of the Punjab Scheduled Castes Financial Corporation, District Manager Nareshwar Singh and Junior Assistant Gursewak Singh were found absent. After that he went to DC office to and inspected the office. He asked the officers of the departments to do regular checking, inspection of work, records etc. to ensure the attendance of their subordinate employees from time to time so that there should be transparency in the work.

The DC said strict action will be taken against the officers and employees who do not reach the offices on time and no kind of negligence will be tolerated. She said to bring transparency in official work in government offices at the block, tehsil and district levels, inspections would continue from time to time.