Declare assets or no salary in Aug: Govt order for staff

Declare assets or no salary in Aug: Govt order for staff 

TIMES NEWS NETWORK 22.08.2024

Lucknow : If state govt employees and officials do not declare details of their movable and immovable assets on the govt’s human resource portal by Aug 31 this year, their wages for Aug will not be released, said an order by chief secretary Manoj Kumar Singh. Very few officials and employees have declared details of their assets on the portal, compared to the number of employees registered on it, officials said.

In a letter to all heads of departments, Singh has said that after multiple extensions, a final date of Aug 31, 2024, has been set for the declaration of details and only those who declare their details of 2023 will be issued their salary for Aug. The letter says that as per an order dated Aug 18, 2023, all officials and employees were to have declared the details of their movable and immovable assets on the human resource portal by Dec 31, 2023. It was also made clear that in all meetings of the department selection committees that took place after Jan 1, 2024, officers who did not declare their assets would not be considered for promotion.

Subsequently, another order was issued on June 6, 2024, which asked for details of assets to be declared by June 30, 2024. If not done by then, disciplinary action under UP government servant (Discipline and Appeal) rules, 1999 would be taken against the defaulters. On July 11, 2024, the date was once again extended to July 31.

“However, after a review of the website, it has come to notice that despite specific orders, the percentage of employees who have declared their assets is a very small number compared to the total registered employees on the portal. Since the process of declaring assets on the human resource portal is being done for the first time, initial problems with the system which may have come up are being kept in mind and another chance is being given,” the letter states.

It adds that in some cases, employees have registered details of 2024 against 2023 and they should be made to declare details for 2023 as well. Details of assets for 2024 have to be declared after Dec 31, 2024. The letter concludes by saying that Aug salaries of only those who have uploaded their details as required will be released this time