No passports to babus under lens for graft
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 30.03.2018
New Delhi: The government has decided to deny passports to officers being investigated or prosecuted in corruption cases or facing FIR registered by a government entity after a preliminary inquiry. Such officers will not be given vigilance clearance needed for grant of passport, according to revised guidelines.
Vigilance clearance may also be denied to an officer under suspension or where a chargesheet has been issued against the officer in disciplinary proceedings that are pending.
While denial of vigilance clearance for passport on ground of pending criminal proceedings is not new, government officers will now also be deprived of a passport in case sanction for their investigation and prosecution in a case filed under the Prevention of Corruption Act or any other criminal matter has been granted by a competent authority.
While making the norms for grant of vigilance clearance more stringent for officers facing charges of corruption, the new guidelines issued by the personnel ministry provide for leniency where the officer is required to attend to medical emergencies pertaining to himself or his close family members residing abroad.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 30.03.2018
New Delhi: The government has decided to deny passports to officers being investigated or prosecuted in corruption cases or facing FIR registered by a government entity after a preliminary inquiry. Such officers will not be given vigilance clearance needed for grant of passport, according to revised guidelines.
Vigilance clearance may also be denied to an officer under suspension or where a chargesheet has been issued against the officer in disciplinary proceedings that are pending.
While denial of vigilance clearance for passport on ground of pending criminal proceedings is not new, government officers will now also be deprived of a passport in case sanction for their investigation and prosecution in a case filed under the Prevention of Corruption Act or any other criminal matter has been granted by a competent authority.
While making the norms for grant of vigilance clearance more stringent for officers facing charges of corruption, the new guidelines issued by the personnel ministry provide for leniency where the officer is required to attend to medical emergencies pertaining to himself or his close family members residing abroad.
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