Memo.No:1733, Dt:03-08-1967 | Suspension - transfer or leave as alternative
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Memo.No:1733, Dt:03-08-1967 | Suspension - transfer or leave as alternative Ref:- Govt.Memo.No.2213/Ser.C/66-8, G.A.(Ser.C) Dept., dt. 30-11-1966. @@@@@ In
para 2 of Memo. cited it was clarified that a government employee may be placed
under suspension pending investigation into grave charges where such suspension
is necessary in the public interest and the object of placing the Government
servant under suspension is generally to facilitate easy collection of evidence
from witnesses who may hesitate to depose against the officer so long as he is
in office or to prevent an officer from tampering with witnesses or records. 2. The question whether an
employee should be transferred to another place instead of placing him under
suspension was considered by Government. Apart from the two purposes viz., (1)
he should not be able to get at the various records on which charges would be
based, (2) his capacity to tamper with witnesses or to hamper the investigation
should be blocked; a third reason in some cases would be that his propensity
for corruption etc. does not get…
