Kanpur: Taking strong note of absence of employees in the office of additional director basic education department, divisional commissioner Raj Shekhar on Monday ordered to stop disbursement of salary of the office staff.
The commissioner took action when during random inspection of the office he noticed that except one, all employees of the office were absent from duty. He asked the senior officials to issue show cause notice to them, seek their explanation within three days and take a decision on the basis of merit. He also sought explanation from the additional director who was also found absent. He directed him to send a report in this regard to his office by October 29.
The commissioner visited the office of the additional director, basic education at 10.10 am and found 6 out of 7 employees including the additional director absent from duty without seeking permission from the prescribed authority. He expressed displeasure when he found office rooms dirty and poorly maintained.
He asked the additional director to ensure proper maintenance and cleaning of the office and submit a report along with a video to his office by November 10.
The commissioner later directed the senior officials of all divisional offices to ensure that the staff came to the office in time.