Fake circular puts ministry in a tizzy
HERALD CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, MARCH 30
You may have heard of fake currency notes, but now comes a “fake” circular on the increased overtime allowance to central government staff purported to have been issued by the Finance Ministry last Saturday.
A stunned Finance Ministry got issued a “most immediate” office memorandum by the Department of Personnel and Training on Tuesday, asking all central government offices not to take cognizance of this fake circular.
The ministry has also ordered an inquiry to probe who had sent to the bogus circular to government offices, causing a lot of confusion.
Since the financial year of the government closes on Wednesday, the ministry has also asked all senior bureaucrats not to release any big amount on the basis of any note from it without first ascertaining its veracity.
as one who put the overtime memorandum in circulation could be up to big mischief, sources said.
The memorandum issued in the name of Director Simmi R Nakra says: “It has come to the notice of this department that fake orders on revised rate of overtime allowance are being circulated in central government. offices. It has been confirmed from Ministry of Finance that the O.M. No.1 (4)/2010 E-II dt.27/3/2010 signed by. S. Rajan Chandranaydu, under secretary to the government of India purportedly issued by the Ministry of Finance is fake.”
“It is clarified that no such instruction has been issued by this department or Ministry of Finance. Ministries/departments are advised not to take cognizance of the fake instructions being circulated in central government offices,” the memorandum added.
