All officers and personnel including provincial civil service of the state will now have to give details of their property every year while filling the Annual Confidential Entry (ACR). Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan has instructed the Personnel Department to ensure strict compliance of this system. Arrangements are also being made that without giving this information, the promotion of personnel may be affected. It is necessary for all officers including Indian Administrative Service, Provincial Civil Service posted in the state to give details of their property every year. This detail has to be given when they fill their ACR. IAS officers give its details to the government by 30 January every year, which is uploaded on the online portal.
PCS and other officers are required to give information about property
It has been made mandatory for PCS and other officers to give information about property while filling ACR. It has been made mandatory for state service officers and employees to give this information on the IFMS portal. As per the rules, personnel have to fill their ACR by 30 June every year. For this, they also have to give details of their property in the prescribed format. It has to be told in this that when did they purchase this property. Officers of state services are showing negligence in filling it. When Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan sought information in this regard, this thing came to light. On this, he has asked the Personnel Department to ensure this arrangement.
Additional Secretary Personnel Reena Joshi has confirmed this. He said that compliance of this system will be ensured from all the officers of the state service.
The government has already warned about ACR
It is not that Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan has asked the personnel for the first time to fill the ACR and give details of their property in it. In the year 2022, the then Chief Secretary SS Sandhu had expressed displeasure over the negligence being done in filling the ACR of the personnel. At that time he had issued a government order and directed to complete this system as per the due date. This system lasted for some time and then it went off the track.
