Stay at guesthouses not accommodations, do not appoint family as PAs: Adityanath to ministers

By PTI

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has advised his ministers to remain at authorities guesthouses as a substitute of accommodations throughout official excursions and never appoint family as their private secretaries.

The order on staying at guesthouses additionally applies to authorities officers, who’ve additionally been requested to report back to work on time and be certain that their lunch breaks do not stretch past half-hour.

According to an official, Adityanath a couple of days in the past directed that ministers and officers ought to keep on the authorities guesthouses as a substitute of accommodations whereas on official excursions.

The ministers have been advised that their family shouldn’t be appointed as private secretaries, the official mentioned.

The official mentioned the CM order asking the officers to stay to a 30-minute lunch break was issued throughout an official assembly on Tuesday.

“Generally the lunch break in the government offices is from 1.30 pm to 2.00 pm. However, some people tend to come back to their offices rather late after taking the lunch break. Everybody has been directed to stick to a 30-minute lunch break,” the official mentioned on Wednesday.

He added that the directives have been applied with instant impact. Meanwhile, the UP chief minister on Wednesday mentioned strict motion will likely be initiated in opposition to officers and staff for reaching workplace late and directed that the Citizen’s Charter ought to be applied at each workplace.

A authorities spokesperson mentioned in a press release, “The chief minister in a meeting said officials and employees posted at government offices should be present on time. Arriving late at the office will not be accepted.”

“Senior officials should make surprise inspections on a regular basis at the offices. Strict action should be initiated against the officials and employees who are showing laxity,” the CM mentioned.

He additionally directed the officers that they need to instantly take cognisance of the complaints made by the general public.

“The Citizen’s Charter should be effectively implemented at every office. No file should remain pending for more than three days. In case of delay, accountability will be fixed,” he mentioned.

A Citizen’s Charter represents the dedication of an organisation in direction of normal, high quality and time-frame of service supply, grievance redress mechanism, transparency and accountability.

The UP chief minister additionally directed that stringent motion be taken in opposition to these working sub-standard nursing schools and in opposition to the principles.

“The running of colleges without accreditation will amount to playing with the future of the youth. Information or complaints pertaining to this should be taken seriously and speedy action be taken,” he mentioned.