Prompt transmission of appeals of Government Servants with relevant documents.

G.O.No.GAD 18 PHS 57 dated 20th March 1957
Sub:- Prompt transmission of appeals of Government Servants with relevant documents.

A Case has recently come to notice where disciplinary action was taken by a Government Officer against a Subordinate officer. The Subordinate officer appealed and on that appeal the Head of the Department was asked by Government to send up all the relevant papers. Inspite of a number of reminders, the papers did not reach Government for a period of nearly two years. Government issued peremptory orders for the submission of the papers.
2. This state of affairs is thoroughly unsatisfactory and showed that the Head of the Department did not realise his responsibility in the matter.
3. Government rightly insist that appeals and representations from Government Servants will reach Government through the proper channel. This, however casts an equal responsibility on the superior officers to see that such appeal papers or representations are transmitted to Government promptly and are not delayed unduly. Such delay may cause irreparable damage to the Government servant concerned and in its turn, may give rise to a crop of direct representations to higher authorities which is determental to administrative discipline and efficiency.
4. It is accordingly impressed on all officers that appeals and representations against orders addressed to higher authorities should be promptly forwarded with all the
relevant documents. Where any authority delays transmission of such papers, serious notice of such delay may have to be taken.