Jammu Aug 24 PTI Over 1000 employees were found absent during surprise inspections of various government offices in all 10 districts of the Jammu province on Tuesday an official spokesman saidThe inspections were carried out following several complaints to the office of the divisional commissioner Jammu about absenteeism and lack of punctuality in offices he saidThe spokesman said that show cause notices have been served to the absent officials and their salaries of August have been withheldFurther action will be contemplated based on the reply submitted by these erring employees in the coming days he saidAround 773 government offices were inspected by specially constituted teams from 1030 am to 1 pm and 1177 employees were found unauthorisedly absent from their duties across the Jammu region the spokesman saidHe said that the deputy commissioners of the 10 districts had constituted the teams for random checking at officesSome offices were even found locked during the inspections especially in Rajouri and Samba districts the spokesman saidDivisional Commissioner Jammu Raghav Langer reiterated the stand of the government that indiscipline lack of punctuality and absenteeism will not be toleratedEarlier the spokesman had said that disciplinary action will be initiated against 159 officers and employees found absent from duty in Jammu districtThe inspection was carried out by five district-level teams on the directions of District Magistrate Jammu Anshul Garg the spokesman saidHe said the teams visited the offices of the Power Development Department Public Health Engineering Public Works Department Rural Development Department Social Forestry Handicrafts and Handlooms Urban Environmental Engineering Department Sheep and Husbandry Regional Transport Office and the Divisional Forest Office Territorial to check the presence of staffOffices of the chief education officer chief medical officer district medical officer and the labour commissioner were also inspected the spokesman saidHe said a similar mega surprise inspection drive was launched at the subdivision level where all sub-divisional magistrates paid surprise visits in their respective jurisdictionsThe district magistrate said the surprise inspection was conducted to maintain punctuality and discipline in officesDisciplinary action will be initiated against the officers or employees who were found absent from duty he saidGarg emphasized upon the officers of all the departments to maintain punctuality as any kind of laxity with regard to discipline would not be tolerated in the future PTI TAS AB ANB ANB

Jammu Aug 24 PTI Disciplinary action will be initiated against 159 officers and employees found absent from duty during a surprise inspection of government departments across Jammu district on Tuesday an official spokesperson saidThe inspection was carried out by five district-level teams on the directions of District Magistrate Jammu Anshul Garg the official saidHe said the teams visited the offices of the Power Development Department Public Health Engineering Public Works Department Rural Development Department Social Forestry Handicrafts and Handlooms Urban Environmental Engineering Department Sheep and Husbandry Regional Transport Office and the Divisional Forest Office Territorial to check the presence of staffOffices of the chief education officer chief medical officer district medical officer and the labour commissioner were also inspected the spokesman saidHe said a similar mega surprise inspection drive was launched at the subdivision level where all sub-divisional magistrates paid surprise visits in their respective jurisdictionsThe district magistrate said the surprise inspection was conducted to maintain punctuality and discipline in officesDisciplinary action will be initiated against the officers or employees who were found absent from duty he saidGarg emphasized upon the officers of all the departments to maintain punctuality as any kind of laxity with regard to discipline would not be tolerated in the future PTI TAS AB IJT