What makes things memorable is that they are
meaningful, significant and colour. This is the reason that there are number of
memories in my mind when I sit to pen down old days incidents of my life in 39
years service, it comes automatically in world of words.
While such unforgettable moments have become a
part of my write-ups, these have also become a source of inspiration for some
new entrants in service and helpful in dealing with the day today problems
being faced in the procedural wrangles.
Not going by the details about the use of
‘However’ or ‘Moreover’ but I had never a problem and concept was made clear to
my boss when I was assigned the duty of writing the punishment orders on finalization
of departmental enquiries against the alleged delinquent officials.
Official drafting is definitely an art to cover
everything securing the risk at the level of decision taking authority
especially now a days when Right to Information Act has been introduced to get
copy of the documents and proceed legally to get the desired benefits or to
harass the officers or officials.
From the very beginning, I had been opposing the
Right to Information and Right to Service Acts and openly mentioning in my lectures
as a resource person in refresher training courses. Had the employer and employees been
efficient, dedicated and sincere to their job, there would have been no need to
introduce these Acts. Its need has
originated to set the wrong things right.
I had often heard saying the old timers in
services – Naukri Ki Te Nakhra Ki – there is no choice in service but still
there are certain employees who fall in wrong hands and become a part of heavy
loss to the institutions and later on face departmental inquiries. They are inflicted minor or major punishment
depending upon the nature of the cases.
At the same time, there are certain employees who
by virtue of their hard work, are honoured and their services are recognized by
promoting them out of turn or paying honorarium or commendable certificates.
Frankly speaking, one such incident of service
career is still etched in my mind when one day I asked my boss to just tell me
to use “however or moreover”. while
finalizing the departmental inquiries for punishment purposes. Sir, choice is yours
Surprisingly he asked me, Harish, what does this
mean? I told him, Sir, instead of discussing in detail the each case, just
indicate me to use any one of the word.
I further elaborated him. In case
you have any reference from any senior officer, bureaucrat or politician then I
will use however taking a lenient view, the official may be let off with a
simple warning on record. And in case
there is no reference, the charges are really serious and loss to the institution,
irrespective of any reference, I will use, moreover there had been number of
complaints against him in the past also and the existing charges stands proved
on the basis of prosecution witnesses for inflicting major punishment by the
punishing authority.
Really, it became easy for me to finalize the
drafts with one word from the boss.
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