Learning from Fraud-1

Learning from Fraud-1

Case of Suspension:

An employee who was working as cashier at Market Committee at Rampur, was suspended by the authorities due to an allegation that lacs of rupees credited in cash book as receipt, had not been deposited into the bank account of the market committee. The amount not deposited was pointed out as embezzlement in the audit by the auditors after the completion of the financial year.

Appointing Inquiry Officer:

As per the service rules, an inquiry officer is appointed to investigate the matter. The employee was suspended during the inquiry because it was necessary to keep the employee away from the establishment till the charges are finally disposed off. The charge sheet was filed after one year of the suspension of the employee. For inquiry purposes, the police department was asked to investigate and accounts from the year 1986 to 1991 were taken into custody to check the relevant documents and frame the charges.

Punishment and Charges Formulation:

In such cases, whether the subsistence allowance should be provided to the employee or not. If yes, how much it can be provided? In which cases, the subsistence allowance can be increased or decreased? Whether the authorities took more time in framing the charge sheet or not? In how much time, the authorities should frame the charge sheet? What should be included in the charge-sheet?

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