Biometric attendance: Govt seeks list of ‘defaulting DDOs’, asks HODs to submit list by December

Srinagar, Nov 11: The government on Friday sought the list of “defaulting Drawing and Disbursing officers (DDO)” who draw salaries of employees without satisfactory biometric attendance.
The order has come after it was observed that a sizable number of employees draw salaries without marking daily attendance.
All the departments have been asked to submit the report to the General Administration Department (GAD) by the first week of December, according to an order issued by the Secretary, GAD, Dr Piyush Singla.
According to the order, notwithstanding the clear and elaborate instructions on the subject of “biometric attendance in the Government offices and the subsequent instructions from time to time, it has been observed that a sizable number of employees continue to draw their salaries without marking daily attendance, a matter which has been viewed seriously by the authorities.”
Taking serious note of the non-attendance of employees, the administrative secretaries/ HoDs/Managing Directors of PSUs/Corporations/Institutions, all the Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDO) have been told to strictly adhere to the instructions and furnish daily action taken report in this regard to the General Administration Department.
“Further, a list of defaulting DDOs who draw salaries of employees without satisfactory biometric attendance shall be furnished to the General Administration Department in the first week of December, 2022 by all departments,” the order said.
It may be recalled that the government had directed all its offices/PSUs/ Institutions/Corporations across the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir to switch over to biometric system (Aadhar or Finger Print Based) by or before June, 2022 and all employees were directed to necessarily mark their attendance both at arrival and departure as per the notified office hours of various offices.
“Further, all Administrative Secretaries/HoDs/Managing Directors of PsUs/Corporations/ Institutions were directed to ensure installation of biometric attendance systems/equipments in all offices/institutions under their administrative control and all DDOS were also directed to draw salaries of employees only on the basis of satisfactory biometric attendance,” reads the order.