MARDAN: A crackdown has been launched against ghost employees in Mardan who are receiving salaries from the national exchequer without performing duties in their respective departments.
Lists of such employees deployed in various government departments, who are allegedly performing services for a Member of Assembly or at other places instead of their official duty, are being prepared.
According to sources, the district administration has accelerated measures to identify ghost employees, while the scope of action against employees who receive government salaries despite not performing their assigned duties is being further expanded. In this regard, records and details of employees are being obtained from various departments to determine their actual posting and nature of duty.
Sources said that during the action in the Education Department, seven employees have been dismissed from service and sent home, while action has been initiated against 7 more employees. Action will also be taken against these employees in accordance with the rules.On the other hand, Deputy Commissioner Mardan has also sought lists of such employees from the Health Department. After this move, the matters of employees in the Health Department who remain absent from official duty or perform services at other places instead of their assigned responsibilities will also be reviewed.
According to sources, the Commissioner Mardan Division has also clarified that action will be taken against all such government employees who receive salaries from the public exchequer but do not perform their prescribed duties. Further steps will be taken based on the lists and records received from various departments in this regard.
The preparation of lists to check the duty and posting of government employees is being described as an important part of the ongoing operation at the district level. After the Education Department, scrutiny of records of the Health Department and other institutions will identify employees about whom complaints or irregularities have been reported.
Sources say that the purpose of the operation is to ensure attendance and performance of duties in government departments and to bind employees receiving salaries from the national treasury to perform their prescribed responsibilities.
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