KATHMANDU, AUGUST 24
The National Vigilance Centre has written to the ministries and offices concerned, directing them to initiate disciplinary action against 1,690 government employees for absenteeism and violation of dress code in the past three months.
According to a three-months report card released by the anti-corruption watchdog, the ministries and offices have been told to initiate action against unruly civil servants in accordance with the Civil Service Act, 1993. Similarly, they are required to book other staffers as per the act or regulations related to employee management.
The NVC, which is under the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, said it had carried out surprise monitoring and inspection of 297 ministries and offices. During the monitoring and inspection, 1,391 employees of the ministries and offices concerned were found not to have attended office punctually.
Similarly, 299 ministries and offices were caught in the act of breaching the prescribed dress code.
As per section 55(A) of the act, if any civil servant is not punctual or becomes reckless, the supervisor concerned may warn such an employee and maintain records in the sheet roll/personal details file of the employee concerned. Several civil servants and other staffers were found absent without leave and they were violating the dress code during surprise monitoring and inspection. The NVC said it would also carry out regular follow-up to check whether or not the offices had taken action against absent civil servants.
The NVC is mandated to establish good governance and control corruption. The government provides Rs 7,500 per annum to each civil servant as uniform allowance. The policy was introduced in 2012 to help service-seekers recognise them.
Male civil servants are required to wear daura suruwal, coat or dark blue suit with white shirt and tie, while females have to wear shirt and pant or saree-blouse or kurta-salwar of dark blue colour.
A version of this article appears in the print on August 25, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.
