Savita Devi
Port Blair, Apr 19: Mr. Vishal Jolly, Core‐Committee Member & Former State President, BJP‐A & N Islands and Member, Home Ministry Advisory Committee written a letter to the Chief Secretary, A&N Islands, regarding delegation of power to Head of office/ Officer-in-charge/Controlling/Reporting officer to sanction Casual Leave.
In a his letter, he pointed out that the A&N Administration issued an order number 731 dated 17 March 2021 wherein the power to sanction leave for all class of employee has been delegated to the Head of Department causing hardships for the employees posted in far flung islands.
He mentioned that Casual Leave (CL) any government servant use in emergency circumstances which may arise at any moment without fore warning. With the power to sanction even CL taken away from Head of office/ Officer-in-charge/Controlling officer, employees such as teachers under Directorate of education, Medical/ Para medical staff under Directorate of Health Services, Polices personnel, APWD, State Transport Service, AC/IT/Statistical Cadre and other government officials across the length and breadth of far flung remote islands are in state of fix.
“You might be aware; officials posted at remote islands specifically in N&M Andaman and Nicobar group facing enormous difficulty due to inadequate and improper means of communication, telephone/internet connectivity, the current order delegating power to sanction leave to Head of Department had made the situation further worse,” Mr. Jolly added.
