Centre to curb the corruption

New Delhi June 06: The Centre has recently announced a deadline to complete the inquiry into the cases of corruption in government employees over a period of six months.

The decision has been taken to speed up the investigation in such cases, most of them pending for quite a long time.

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has amended Central Civil Services (Classification, Control, and Appeal) Rules, 1965, and decided the timeline for critical stages of investigation and enquiry proceedings.

The Inquiring Authority should conclude the inquiry and submit its report within a period of six months, says the amended rules.

However, an extension for a period not exceeding six months at a time may be allowed for any good and sufficient reasons to be recorded in writing by the disciplinary authority, it said.Earlier, there was no time-frame to complete an enquiry.

The new rules are applicable to all category of employees excluding those in all-India services--Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS)-- and a few other categories of officers.