Srinagar, 21 February (H.S.): School Education Department Friday reprimanded all teaching staff deployed and attached for administrative works in different offices and departments in Kashmir region.

In this regard, a latest official communiqué was issued by the Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK).

DSEK said that all the Teaching Staff deployed or attached for administrative works in different offices and departments was recalled with the directions to report to their original place of postings on December-12-2021 and July-01-2024.

The directorate said that despite clear cut instructions, it has come to notice of DSEK that a number of teaching officials have been made to continue in different office and institutions within or outside parent department for administrative works on one pretext or the other without obtaining prior approval and orders of DSEK.

“The continuation of teaching staff in different offices and departments for administrative works despite instructions and orders conveyed from time to time reflects non-seriousness on the part of Chief Education Officers (CEOs), Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) and Head of Institutions (HoIs) who have failed to get the orders implemented on ground by ensuring that these officials report back to their original assignment of teaching for which they have been employed in the SED,” it reads.

DSEK said that in order to ensure full compliance of the instructions and orders issued from time to time, all the teaching staff including lecturers, masters and teachers working in different offices and institutions within or outside parent department for administrative works in contravention of their job profile, without formal orders of administrative department and DSEK are ordered to report to their substantive place of posting in educational institutions without fail.

“All the non-teaching staff of school education working outside the parent department without formal orders of department, administrative department and DSEK shall report to their substantive place of posting without any fail,” it reads.

The communiqué further states that, “All the teaching and non-teaching officials shall be deemed to have been relieved and detached to report back to their original place of postings, forthwith.”

“Any DDO who is found to have drawn the salary of any such official in violation of the order shall face strict action including recommendation of RDA against them,” it reads.

DSEK in this regard asked the CEOs of the region to furnish compliance report to along with the requisite details of all such employees indicating the name, actual place of posting, place where working on deployment basis, nature of duty assigned, stay with date at place of deployment, reference of deployment or attachment order, date of reporting back at substantive place of posting and any other information as may be deemed necessary.

“The Chief Accounts Officer of DSEK shall personally monitor the implementation of instructions in letter and spirit and liaison with concerned Treasury Officers for getting inputs about drawl of salary against the defaulters,” it reads.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar