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Maharashtra Legislative Secretariat issues showcause notices to 400 employees for missing Republic Day emblem hoisting, per Ram Shinde's directives. (Source: File Photo)
In what whitethorn crook retired to beryllium 1 of the biggest actions against the employees of the Maharashtra Legislative Secretariat, a showcause announcement has been served to astir 400 employees from A, B, C and D categories with a informing to initiate disciplinary enactment for remaining absent during the emblem hoisting ceremonial connected Republic Day astatine the Vidhan Bhavan.
The announcement was issued connected January 29 pursuing the directives of the recently elected Maharashtra Legislative Council chairperson Ram Shinde. According to Maharashtra Legislature Rules, the authorities assembly chairperson has a close to contented orders and his accidental is last successful administrative and fiscal matters of the campus.
According to sources wrong the Legislative Secretariat, it is for the archetypal clip that showcause notices person been served, seeking mentation from astir 400 officers and employees. It said failing to reply would pb to initiation of the disciplinary enactment against them.
“You were conveyed done the notification astir attending the emblem hoisting ceremonial connected Republic Day connected January 26, 2025 arsenic nationalist duty. It was besides told to registry your beingness done biometric. However, aft reviewing the biometric grounds of attendance, it came to beryllium known that you were absent. Despite being a nationalist duty, you skipped the relation and it was successful usurpation of conception 3.1 (1) (2) and (3) of the Maharashtra Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1979,” work the notice.
“As you were absent connected the juncture of the emblem hoisting ceremonial held connected January 26, wherefore should the disciplinary enactment not beryllium initiated against you?” it added. It asked the employees to springiness a written mentation wrong 3 days since its receipt.
“If you bash not taxable a written explanation, past assuming that you don’t privation to springiness it, disciplinary enactment volition beryllium taken against you,” said the showcause notice.
After assuming complaint arsenic the Legislative Council chairperson, Shinde held a bid of meetings with the officers and unit to further smoothen and streamline the functioning of the Maharashtra Legislature.
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Shinde was elected unopposed connected December 19 past twelvemonth during the wintertime session. The legislative assembly chairman’s station was vacant since July 7, 2022, pursuing the expiry of NCP person Ramraje Naik-Nimbalkar’s term.
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