All IAS officers must submit details of assets else no vigilance clearances

New Delhi, Dec 27: One after another, everyone is being issued notice to display assets and now its the turn of IAS.

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has written to all Central government departments, states and Union territories asking them to ensure submission of Immovable Property Returns (IPRs) by IAS officers working with them by January 31, 2018.

IAS officers have been asked to submit details of their assets by next month and warned that the failure to do so would lead to a denial of vigilance clearances needed for promotions and foreign postings.

"In view of the DoPT's instructions dated April 4, 2011, it is reiterated that failure to ensure timely submission of IPR would result in denial of vigilance clearance," establishment officer and additional secretary PK Tripathi said in the recent missive.