Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma paid a surprise visit to offices of IAS officers and subordinate staff in the secretariat. Additional chief secretary to chief minister Shikhar Agarwal accompanied him during the visit.
The chief minister inspected offices of IAS officers and completed round of the secretariat around 10.30 am.
This is for the first time chief minsiter has inspected the offices of secretariat. Few months back, chief secretary Sudhansh Pant had done similar exercise to ensure timely coming of officers.
Pant had made surprise visit to several offices of including Housing Board, Collectorate, JDA and Transport Office among other.
Government push on good governance
Surprise visits of chief minister and chief secretary are indication that the government has a special emphasis on discipline in office.
The government wants officers to be in office in time and dispose files within the time frame. Such visits make officers alert and a strong message in the system.
Prakash Bhandari is a veteran journalist with over 50 years of experience. He has worked with The Times of India for 30 years and contributed to leading publications as well as international news agency AFP.
