Staff REPORTER
ITANAGAR, Mar 24: The Anti-Corruption Foundation of Arunachal Pradesh (ACF-AP) has urged the state government to stop the in-charge assignees for higher posts, claiming that it curtails the opportunity of senior officers and also violates the guidelines.
Addressing reporters at the APC here today, the organization president Tana Roma Tara claimed that many departments, especially the engineering ones, practise assigning of in-charge positions of assistant engineer (AE) responsibilities to junior engineer (JE) and executive engineer (EE) responsibilities to assistant engineer (AE). “The practice is then extended for a long period of time, leading to a delay in the posting of the regular officer. These temporary assignments often lead to attempts of retaining the positions through external or political influence, thereby hindering the posting of regular officers and affecting the administrative discipline in the departments,” he said.
The federation suggested that such arrangements should be restricted to genuine need and only for a limited period of time. “All such arrangements must be sanctioned by the competent government authority level and the divisional officer should refrain from overstepping their authority in assigning such positions,” Tamar said.
The organization has submitted a memorandum to the state chief secretary in this regard and has warned of legal action if the government fails to take action.