RURAL WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION DEPARTMENT
Lr.No.C1/399/2010.
Date: 25-05-2019.
DEPARTMENTAL PROCEEDINGS INITIATED
AGAINST Sri V.A.SRINIVAS,
ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, O/o THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,
RWS&S
DIVISION,
MADANAPALLE
(ABSCONDED)
UNDER
RULE
INDIVIDUAL 20 OF APCS (CC&A) RULES, 1991 - CHARGE MEMO NOT
RECEIVED BY THE INDIVIDUAL - PUBLISHED IN WEEKLY AP GAZETTE
NOTIFICATION - WSD NOT RECEIVED - APPOINTMENT OF INQUIRY
OFFICER AND PRESENTING OFFICER - ENQUIRY REPORT - SUBMITTED.
Ref : 1. Progs.No.Vig(1)/RWS&S/3718/2010, Dated: 02.01.2018 of the Engineer-in-Chief,
RWS&S, Gollapudi, Vijayawada.
2. Memo.No.Vig(1)/RWS&S/3718/2010, Dated: 14.02.2019,15.03.2019 and
02.04.2019 of the Engineer-in-Chief, RWS&S, Vijayawada.
3. D.O.Lr.No.Vig(1)/RWS&S/Pending Cases/2018, Dated: 02.05.2019 of the
Engineer-in-Chief, RWS&S, Vijayawada.
4. Lr.No.A1/379/2018, Dated: 16.05.2019 of the Executive Engineer, RWS&S Division,
Madanapalle.
5. T.O.Lr.No.C1/399/2010, Dated: 04.09.2010 addressed to the Engineer-In-Chief,
RWS&S Hyderabad.
6. T.O.Lr.No.C1/335/2010, Dated: 15.11.2010 addressed to the Engineer-In-Chief,
RWS&S, Hyderabad.
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NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT
I submit that in the reference 1st cited, the Engineer-in-Chief, RWS&S, Vijayawada
has appointed the Superintending Engineer, RWS&S, Chittoor as inquiry Officer and
the Executive Engineer, RWS&S, Madanapalle as Presenting Officer to conduct enquiry
on the charges framed against Sri V.A.Srinivas, Asistant Executive Engineer, O/o the
Executive Engineer, RWS&S Division, Madanapalle (Absconded).
Further, the enquiry was conducted on 15.05.2019 in O/o the Superintending
Engineer, RWS&S Circle, Chittoor.
The Presenting Officer i.e. the Executive Engineer, RWS&S, Madanapalle has
also attended along with the Senior Assistant, O/o the Executive Engineer, RWS&S
Division, Madanapalle.
The details of charges, explanations and findings by me as inquiry officer are as
follows.
CHARGE:
That Sri V.A.Srinivas, Assistant Executive Engineer of Zone-IV who is under
orders of postings to RWS&S Circle, Chittoor did not report to duty and continuing under
unauthorized absence and willfully abstaining from his legitimate duties with gross
negligence and dereliction of duties.
Findings of the Enquiry Officer:
A.
I have gone through the following office documents that lead to the current inquiry.
1.
Charge
Memo.No.Vig(2)/3718/2010,
Dated:24.07.2010
of
the
Engineer-in-Chief, RWS&S, Hyderabad.
2.
T.O.Lr.No.C1/399/2010, Dt:04.09.2010 addressed to the Engineer-in-Chief,
RWS&S, Hyderabad.
3.
Memo.No.Vig(2)/3718/2010, Dt: 18.09.2010 of the Engineer-in-Chief, RWS&S,
Hyderabad.
4.
T.O.Lr.No.C1/399/2010, Dt: 15.11.2010 addressed to the Engineer-in-Chief,
RWS&S, Hyderabad.
5.
Memo.No.Vig(4)/RWS&S/3718/2010, Dt: 21.10.2014 of the Chief Engineer (Admn).
RWS&S, AP, Hyderabad.
6.
Lr.No.A2/2/96, Dt:11.12.2014 of the Executive Engineer, RWS&S Division,
Madanapalle addressed to the Superintending Engineer, RWS&S Circle,
Chittoor.
7.
T.O.Lr.No.C1/399/2010, Dt: 15.12.2014 addressed to the Chief Engineer (Admn).
RWS&S, AP, Hyderabad.
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8.
Memo.No.S.O.II(IV)/RWS&S/21195/2000. Dt:09.02.2017 of the Chief Engineer
(Admn), RWS&S, Vijayawada.
9.
Lr.No.A2/2/96, Dated: 02.03.2017 of the Executive Engineer, RWS&S Division.
Madanapalle addressed to the Superintending Engineer, RWS&S Circle, Chittoor.
10.
T.O.Lr.No.C1/399/2010, Dt: 13.03.2017 addressed to the Chief Engineer-I (Admn).
RWS&S, AP, Hyderabad.
B. I have also perused the above references available in the office records.
In this connection it is submitted that, the departmental proceedings issued against
Sri V.A.Srinivas, Assistant Executive Engineer, O/o the Executive Engineer, RWS&S
Division, Madanapalle (Absconded) under Rule 20 of APCS (CC&A) Rules, 1991 by the
Engineer-in-Chief, RWS&S, Hyderabad have been sent to the individual address which
was given by the individual in his piecemeal leave letter by the Superintending Engineer,
RWS&S Circle, Chittoor. But, the registered post was returned mentioning as door
locked and the same was informed to the Engineer-in-Chief, RWS&S, Hyderabad, in the
reference 5th cited.
Further, the Engineer-in-Chief, RWS&S, Hyderabad instructed the Superintending
Engineer, RWS&S Circle, Chittoor to send the issued departmental proceedings to the
permanent address of the individual as mentioned in the Service Register of the individual
and furnish the dated acknowledgement.
As per the instructions of the Engineer-in-Chief, RWS&S, Hyderabad, the Charge
memos were sent to the permanent address of the individual as mentioned in the Service
Register of the individual. But, the registered post was returned again mentioning as door
locked and the same was informed to the Engineer-in-Chief, RWS&S, Hyderabad duly
submitting the charge memos issued against the individual and requested the
Engjneer-in-Chief, RWS&S, Hyderabad to take further necessary action, in the reference
6th cited.
In the reference 1st cited, in the proceedings issued by the Engineer-In-Chief,
RWS&S, Vijayawada, It was mentioned that, Superintending Engineer, RWS&S,
Visakhapatnam conducted ‘Panchanama’ as per the instructions where the father of
Sri V.A Srinivas informed that his son is out of state. In view of the above, the said charge
memo was published in the weekly AP Gazette page No.205, Dated: 30.03.20l7 and there
was no response to the above notification.
In this inquiry, the Executive Engineer, RWS&S, Madanapalle has also submitted
based on the records that, the charged officer i.e. Sri V.A.Srinivas, Assistant Executive
Engineer, O/o the Executive Engineer, RWS&S Division, Madanapalle (Absconded)
proceeded on casual leave from 09.07.2007 to 15.07.2007 and subsequently extended
leave from 16.07.2007 to 30.09.2010 in piecemeal method. Later, from 01.10.2010 no
information was received from the individual to till date.
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In view of the aforementioned findings and reasons, this inquiry confirmed that,
whereabouts of the charged officer are not known and no reply has been received from
the charged officer from more than 10 Years, i.e. from 09.07.2007. It can be concluded
that, the charged officer is not interested to join duty and his absence is willful and unauthorized.
Hence, the charged officer i.e. Sri V.A.Srinivas, Assistant Executive Engineer,
O/o the Executive Engineer, RWS&S Division, Madanapalle (Absconded) has failed to
maintain absolute integrity and violated the A.P. Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964.
Piecemeal leave letters of the charged officer i.e., Sri V.A.Srinivas, Assistant
Executive Engineer, O/o the Executive Engineer, RWS&S Division, Madanapalle
(Absconded), as submitted by the Executive Engineer, RWS&S Division, Madanapalli
are here with enclosed.
G. VENU,
Superintending Engineer,
RWS & S Circle,
Chittoor.
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