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| Submit APRs before Feb 27: Govt to employees | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 12: Taking serious note of the attitude of many employees who have yet not submitted their Annual Property Returns (APRs), the government has set a deadline of February 27 for all employees to submit their APRs.
For the last two months, the government has been repeateadly asking employees to submit their APRs but many employees are hesitating to submit details of their property.
“Vide Circular No. 36-JK (GAD) of 2023 dated 21.12.2023, followed by notification dated 29.12.2023, all the employees working under Jammu and Kashmir Government were advised to file their property returns for the year 2023, w.e.f. from 1st of January, 2024 to 31st of January, 2024, on the PRS portal, which is accessible on https://prs.jk.gov.in”, a order issued by the GAD departments reads.
It was further mentioned in the order that many employees have failed to submit their property returns within the stipulated timeline and have thus made a default in this mandatory process.
“It has also been observed that various employees have registered themselves on the portal but not submitted their property returns, thus they too have caused a default in the submission of their details”, the order mentioned.
“The failure/non-submission of the property returns by the Government employees invites a punitive action under the provisions For the past 2 months, the Govt has been repeatedly asking employees to submit their APRs
Many employees are hesitating to submit details of their property.
Many have failed to submit their property returns and have made a default.
The non-submission of the property returns would invite punitive action.
Further, the defaulting employees shall be guilty of committing criminal misconduct under the Prevention of Corruption Act and shall be punishable under the said Act. Moreover, non-submission of the property returns will result in the denial of the vigilance clearance of defaulting employees.
The order further reads, “The matter has been considered in the General Administration Department and it has been decided that a last and final opportunity may be granted to these defaulting employees, who have failed to submit their property returns within the stipulated timeline. Thereafter, no more opportunity shall be granted and action as mentioned above shall be initiated against the defaulters”.
“Accordingly, the submission of property returns by the defaulting employees shall be allowed through online mode on the Property Return System (PRS Portal) w.e.f. 13.02.2024 to 27.02.2024”, the order reads.
Further, all those employees who had registered themselves on the Portal but not submitted their property returns shall submit the same, besides, the unregistered employees shall get themselves registered on the portal and subsequently submit their property returns, during the above stipulated period. |
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