Govt. takes serious view of instances of fraudulent drawal of salaries, remuneration
Instances of employees drawing salaries with different employee code, but same Aadhar number surface
The government is treating instances of fraudulent withdrawal of salaries or remuneration from government departments with the utmost seriousness. Recent inquiries have uncovered anomalies such as employees with different employee codes, but the same Aadhaar number, working under the same Head of Department and holding the same designation.
The Finance Department conducted a mapping of employees last year due to uncertainty about the exact number of regular and temporary employees across various departments, undertakings, and allied institutions. This mapping was prompted by allegations of irregularities by the previous government in terms of contract and outsourcing employees, resulting in the diversion of significant sums from the State exchequer under the guise of salaries or wages to temporary staff.
Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju issued a circular directing departments to prioritize inquiries to determine if any employee has fraudulently drawn salaries or remuneration from multiple government establishments using false facts, misrepresentation, or other fraudulent methods. The detailed scrutiny revealed cases where salaries were withdrawn from multiple government establishments against the same Aadhaar number.
Consequently, the government views all such cases of potentially fraudulent salary or remuneration drawing with the highest concern as they represent a severe financial irregularity causing wrongful loss to the government and wrongful gain to the individual. Such acts may lead to disciplinary action under service rules and could also constitute criminal offenses under various laws, including those related to cheating, impersonation, forgery, falsification of official records, criminal breach of trust, misappropriation of government funds, and other related offenses.
Disciplinary proceedings will be initiated if the cases are proven, with the government seeking to recover the entire amount of irregularly drawn government money, along with all recoverable amounts from the guilty parties, including the drawing and disbursing officers. In addition, complaints will be filed with the appropriate law enforcement agency for registering criminal cases, and prosecutions will be initiated.
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