ISLAMABAD: Muhammad Faisal Chaudhary, an Inland Revenue Service officer of BS-18), has been censured for inefficiency and misconduct.
As per details, the disciplinary proceedings against Muhammad Faisal Chaudhary, Deputy Commissioner-IR (Under Suspension), Regional Tax Office, Lahore, were initiated on the basis of a complaint received from CCIR, RTO, Lahore on the charges of “inefficiency” & “misconduct” under Government Servants (Efficiency & Discipline) Rules, 1973.
Ahmad Kamal, Additional Commissioner-IR, LTU, Lahore was appointed as Inquiry Officer. The Inquiry Officer submitted his report with the conclusion that the accused officer is guilty of “inefficiency” under Government Servants (E&D) Rules, 1973. In the light of the inquiry report, a show-cause notice was issued to the accused officer directing him to show cause as to why one or more penalties including the major penalty of “dismissal from service” may not be imposed upon him.
The accused officer submitted his reply dated to the show-cause notice and denied the charges levelled against him. He also sought an opportunity of personal hearing, which was fixed for 08-07-2015 at FBR (HQ), Islamabad. The accused officer appeared before the Authorized Officer/Member (Admn). During the course of personal hearing, he was asked as to whether he had something new to add in his defence other than his submissions before the Inquiry Officer and his written reply in response to the aforementioned Show Cause Notice.
Muhammad Faisal said that the charges levelled against him were baseless. For the same reason, the Inquiry Officer after detailed scrutiny of the matter, has come to the conclusion that out of all the charges levelled against him, he is guilty of non-submission of replies to two letters of explanation only.
After having gone through the relevant record including Inquiry Report, reply of the accused officer to the Show Cause Notice dated 27-05-2015 and his verbal submission during the course of personal hearing, the Authorized Officer/Member (Admn) observed that the charge of “inefficiency” under Rule 3(a) of the Government Servants (Efficiency & Discipline) Rules, 1973 against the accused stands established beyond doubt. He is guilty of “Inefficiency” under the said Rules and, therefore, imposed minor penalty of “censure” under Rule 4(1)(a)(i) of the Government Servants (E&D) Rules, 1973 upon him.
However, after finalisation of inquiry proceedings, the officer has been reinstated into Government Service with immediate effect.
