DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 27 (MExN): With the Nagaland State Vigilance Commission reportedly investigating into irregular appointments at Legal Metrology & Consumer Protection (LMCP) and Tourism departments, the People for Democratic Rights (PDR) has urged the Nagaland Government to withhold all post pension benefits of those officers who are under investigation.
Media & Publicity Affairs, PDR in a press statement on Thursday said this appeal is being made keeping in mind the practice of the government to issue release order of a government servant months ahead of retirement so that pension papers and other retirement papers can be processed in advance.
In the event the officers under investigation get the release order, the PDR said it would be as good as the government giving them a clean chit while the Commission is still investigating cases involving them.
Therefore, any such release order should be with the condition that their post pension benefits be withheld until the ongoing case involving them is cleared, it stated.
The PDR also maintained that if the government issues the release order without such condition then the government would be “absolving them of high degree practice of nepotism in appointment, promotion, regularization and breaking all laid down rules of various government orders.”
It further urged the government to make rectification if the release order has already been issued to the concerned officers under investigation.
