Latest Order /Revised DOP OM No.17-31/2016-GDs dated 09/04/2024
DOP OM No.17-31/2016-GDS dated 16/09/2019 regarding Implementation of the recommendation of GDS Committee for restricting the number of cases under Rule 10 and other disciplinary cases.
(iii) Procedure for empanelment of Retired Departmental Officers as the inquiry Officers Circle office should make an empanelment of retired Departmental officers for appointing as Inquiry Officer for the purpose of conducting inquiries under Rule 10 of GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules. The Circle office will make available that panel to respective Cadre Controlling Authority where its offices are located.
(iv) Validity of the Panel:- The panel of the departmental retired officers created for the purpose of appointing Inquiry Officers for conducting inquiries under Rule 10 of GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules will be valid for a period of three years. The respective Cadre Controlling Authority will ensure that a panel of Inquiry Officers, empanelled from retired Departmental officers, is available with them
(v) Following are the eligibility conditions for appointment of willing retired officers as Inquiry Officers to conduct departmental inquiries:-
(a) Retired Departmental officers who are willing to serve as Inquiry Officer.
(b) He/she should be of impeccable integrity and should not have been penalized in a Disciplinary Proceedings or prosecuted in a criminal case.
(vi) The respective Cadre Controlling Authority will immediately take necessary action for inviting applications from willing and eligible retired officers to serve as Inquiry Officer for conducting inquiries under Rule 10 of GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules. In this regard, a format for inviting applications is annexed.
(vii) Terms and conditions for appointment of retired officers as Inquiry Officer. The designated retired Departmental Inquiry Officer shall be required to give an undertaking as follows:-
(viii) that he/she is not a witness or a complainant in the matter to be inquired into or a close relative or a known friend of the delinquent Government officer/GDS. A certificate to this effect will be obtained from the Inquiry Officer with respect to every inquiry and placed on record.
(ix) that he/she shall maintain strict secrecy in relation to the documents, he/she receives or information/data collected by him/her in connection with the inquiry and utilize the same only for the purpose of inquiry in the case entrusted to him/her.
(xi) Letter regarding engaging a Departmental retired officer as Inquiry Officer will only be issued with the approval of the Disciplinary Authority concerned.
(xii) A review of every empanelled retired Departmental Inquiry Officer will be done after receipt of 2 inquiry reports where adherence to time lines and the procedure and quality of work will be assessed by the Head of Circles by obtaining reports from concerned Disciplinary authority. Based on the assessment by the Head of Circle, subsequent allocation of work may be done only after such evaluation. The services of retired Departmental Inquiry Officers whose performance is not upto the mark will be terminated by the Head of Circle.
(a) Any issue arising out of this O.M. between the retired Departmental Inquiring Officer and the Disciplinary Authority will be decided by the Heads of Circle, whose decision shall be final and binding on both parties.
(b) Following will be the eligibility conditions for appearing as Defense Assistant by the Serving Government Servant & Retired Government Servant under Rule 10 of GDS (Conduct & Engagement) Rules cases:-
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