VoL Desk, March 01, 2022: The Lieutenant Governor, Ladakh in a fresh order on Tuesday has ordered onboarding and implementation of Biometric Attendance system (BAS) in all Offices of Union territory of Ladakh.

To ensure attendance, decorum and punctuality of Govt. employees in UT Secretariat vide Order dated: 08.12.2020 all staff were impressed upon to mark their attendance in the biometric system, the order read.

The Information Technology department was instructed to make arrangements for putting in place a digital attendance system using facial recognition or any other suitable biometric technology.

“The Administration has been receiving complaints of poor attendance , un-authorized absence from duty without prior approval of competent authority and non-punctuality of government employees especially of offices in far-flung areas/ sub-divisions in UT Ladakh.

“In this context attention is invited to Rule 3 (1)(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 which stipulates that every Government servant shall at all times maintain devotion to duty.

“Habitual late attendance is viewed as conduct unbecoming of a government servant and disciplinary action may be taken against such a government servant. It is also added that punctuality in attendance is to be observed by Government servants at all levels.

The matter has been reviewed and following instructions are brought to notice of all concerned authorities/ departments/ establishment offices for strict compliance.

“Install and get the employees registered/ enrolled on Biometric Attendance System (BAS) for which Information Technology (IT) department shall monitor, assist and make necessary arrangements as per need projected by the supervisory officers/ DDOS.

“All DDOs in the offices shall draw the salary of the employees upon obtaining a report of biometric attendance and till such time the digital system is put in place, all supervisory officers shall be personally responsible for ensuring the attendance of staff in their offices.

“It will be duty of concerned DDOs to ensure enrollment of employees and procurement of Biometric devices through GeM Portal.

“Till the complete onboarding & replacement of manual system of marking attendance by BAS, the concerned Sub-Divisional Magistrates/ supervisory officers shall strictly monitor the daily attendance of employees and furnish thereof report on weekly basis to the Deputy Commissioners/ CEO, LAHDCs.

“The Deputy Commissioners/ Directors/Head of Departments shall furnish compliance/ ATR of the status of onboarding & implementation of above instructions within a period of 15 days from issuance of order.

“The preventive measures to contain COVID-19 related to resumption of Biometric attendance issued by DoPT vide OM dated 1st November 2021 shall be strictly observed.