Having accepted the task, the DAO must deem it a mission or goal and must adhere to the same steadfast, with total zeal and commitment. He must assist the CO to present the case before the inquiry officer/disciplinary authority, and later if need be at the Appeal and Review Stages. He must also provide legal assistance when needed for seeking judicial remedies. He must be in a position to help colleagues facing charge sheets/disciplinary proceedings. For rendering such assistance he must be able to effectively interact with advocates and render them the case-briefs and set out the remedies to be sought. All these should not be considered far-fetched. It is our officer-community which handles all the litigation matters, where the interest of the department warrants. They submit proposals for filing of suit, interact with lawyers and pursue the cases in court. Will it be then difficult to exercise similar skill for the personal interest of colleague officers of your stream?
All guidelines for the charged officer becomes also guidelines for the DAO.
It is necessary that the person opting to become DAO must provide guidance at all stages and should possess the necessary skill and expertise, where an officer in a department faces different kind of ordeals from unscrupulous customers or capricious administrators. With this introduction a few salient standards or measures by way of supplementary instructions for the DAO are given herewith.
A progressive administration should appreciate the work of the DAO, when through his skill and ability he is able to establish the innocence of the charged officer and gets him exonerated of the charges. If the genuine purpose of the inquiry is to establish the truth, the DAO has provided efforts to realise this objective and his role should be considered as positive. This is a service not only for the benefit of the charged officer, but for the overall purposes of the Employer. But for his role the employer could have wrongly punished and thereby victimized an officer, who really is not guilty. In such a contingency the disciplinary authority should come forward to explicitly appreciate the role of the DAO, while commenting the role of the other participants. In a Criminal Trial it is common for the trial Judge to complement good work of the defence counsel, which results in proving that the accused is innocent and sets him free. All advocates are deemed as officers of the Court. These are healthy standards and it is for progressive employers to adopt them while conducting departmental inquiries.
All guidelines for the charged officer becomes also guidelines for the DAO.
It is necessary that the person opting to become DAO must provide guidance at all stages and should possess the necessary skill and expertise, where an officer in a department faces different kind of ordeals from unscrupulous customers or capricious administrators. With this introduction a few salient standards or measures by way of supplementary instructions for the DAO are given herewith.
A progressive administration should appreciate the work of the DAO, when through his skill and ability he is able to establish the innocence of the charged officer and gets him exonerated of the charges. If the genuine purpose of the inquiry is to establish the truth, the DAO has provided efforts to realise this objective and his role should be considered as positive. This is a service not only for the benefit of the charged officer, but for the overall purposes of the Employer. But for his role the employer could have wrongly punished and thereby victimized an officer, who really is not guilty. In such a contingency the disciplinary authority should come forward to explicitly appreciate the role of the DAO, while commenting the role of the other participants. In a Criminal Trial it is common for the trial Judge to complement good work of the defence counsel, which results in proving that the accused is innocent and sets him free. All advocates are deemed as officers of the Court. These are healthy standards and it is for progressive employers to adopt them while conducting departmental inquiries.
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