Suspension of Government servants - Review of cases of prolonged suspension.

GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA
CONFIDENTIAL Karnataka Government Secretariat,
No. DPAR 59 SDE 81. Vidhana Soudha,
Bangalore, Dated the 17th December 1981.

OFFICIAL MEMORANDUM

Sub:- Suspension of Government servants - Review of cases of prolonged suspension.

In Confidentail O.M. No. DPAR 11 SSR 77, dated the 5the July 1977, all appointing authorities and officers authorised to place Government servants under suspension were required to review cases of suspension of Government servants on charges of misappropriation, embezzlement of Government money or corruption and where the court cases or disciplinary proceedings instituted aganist them were likely to drag on for a long time. According to these instructions the concerned authorities were required to consider the circustances of each case and decide whether the order of suspension might be revoked and the Government servant given a posting to a place where handling of Government money was not involved or where there was no scope for corrpution. While taking a decision on this issue the concerned authorities were also required to examine whether there was any likelihood of the Government servants tampering with any evidence or influencing any witness if he was so reinstated. The seriousness of the charge aganist the Government servant in the criminal or disciplinary case was also required to be taken into account.
2. While reiterating the instructions issued in O.M. dated the 5th July 1977 referred to above, the appointing authorities and officers authorised to place Government servants under suspension are requested to take immediate action to review all such cases of
suspension and consider reinstatement of the Government servants concerned in the event of the investigation/inquiry being likely to be prolonged and reinstate them.
3. These instructions would not apply to cases where suspension was ordered at the
instance of the Vigilance Commission and also to cases where Government servants were
placed under suspension on charges other than misappropriation, embezzlement of
Government money or corruption.

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A.H.Someshwar,
Deputy Secretary to Government,
Dept. of Personnel & Admnv. Reforms,
(Service Rules).