Port Blair, March 19: As a mark of precaution in the wake of the threat from the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), the following is hereby directed to be implemented with immediate effect:
- All the employees of the UT Administration of Andaman and Nicobar Islands shall “work from home” beginning morning of 20th March, 2020 (Friday) till the end of the day on 26th March, 2020 (Thursday) with the exception of the operational staff of Departments rendering essential services i.e. Health, Police, Transport, Civil Supplies, Electricity, Sanitation, Water Supply, Civil Aviation, Fire Services, Shipping, PMB and Disaster Management.
- For all other Departments, not mentioned in para 1 above, only those employees whose presence in offices is essential, as determined by Secretary/ HoD of concerned Department, may be called to office.
- The officials who are working from home shall be available on their mobile phones/landline and on being called to the office, shall immediately come to the office for urgent official work. They shall not leave the station and this period shall not be considered as leave.
- In so far as Secretaries/HoDs to the UT Administration are concerned, it is left to the discretion of the concerned officer to operate from office or home.
- This Order will be reviewed on 26th March, 2020.
