Administration gets tough on property declaration

Departments heads have been also asked to inform the Personnel Department as to what action has been taken against those employees who have not submitted their property returns for the years 1996, 1997, and 1998. Sources say that none of the employees have been filing their annual property returns, which is mandatory as per existing UT rules.

As per the rules, all the Group A, B, C and D employees working in Chandigarh Administration, including deputationists, shall submit their annual property returns immovable and also movable in the prescribed form appended to the Government Employees Conduct Rules, 1996, as applicable to them. Such property returns are also to be maintained by the authorities concerned. The Personnel Department has stated that, since collecting and maintaining property returns and ensuring that all officials submit their property returns well in time is the responsibility of the concerned office-in-charge, they would be proceeded against suitably in case they fail to do so.