GURU’S DAILY INSIGHT
Rulings governing appointment of IO in an enquiry
DOPT OM No.11012/36/2023-PP.A.III dtd 11.10.2023
Directorate OM No.17-31/2016-GDS dtd 16.0.2019
As per Rule 5 of Postal Manual volume-III, Inquiry should not be entrusted to an officer directly subordinate to an officer who has already expressed and opinion on the allegations especially were such opinion is adverse to the accused
IP/ASP appointed as IO should have clear a course related to procedural steps for holding Disciplinary proceedings/Disciplinary Inquiries on iGOT platform or IGOT karmayogi app as per DOPT OM dated 11.10.2023
IP/ASP who are to be appointed as IO should not have more than 2 cases at a time (Rule 14& Rule 10) together.
Ceiling for appointing IP/ASP as IO is 10 cases in a year.
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