Nagaland government issues guidelines for duplicate appointment orders

DIMAPUR — The Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms (P&AR) has issued a set of guidelines for obtaining a duplicate appointment order/official document pertaining to service matters.

In an order, the department noted that some government employees apply for duplicate appointment orders/official documents pertaining to service matters after losing the original appointment order/official document.

It informed that upon losing the original appointment order/official document, the employee must file a First Information Report (FIR) at the nearest police station within 30 days of the loss and publish a ‘Lost Document’ notice in local newspapers.

“Authenticity of the employee’s details will be verified by the authorised issuing authority: HoD for non-gazetted employees and AHoD for gazetted employees by checking against the service record available in the department such as payroll, acquaintance roll and service book entry, ensuring that all appointment/service event entries have been made in the service book under the attestation of the competent attester’s authority and that there is a certified copy of initial pay and drawal from the pay acquaintance roll.

“Prior approval must be obtained from the Personnel and Administrative Reforms (P&AR) department before issuing the duplicate appointment order/official document. The duplicate appointment order/official document must contain the same terms & conditions as the original. No alterations or modifications are permitted under any circumstances,” it stated.

It added that the department should ensure that the originality of the appointment order/official document is retained by diligently making timely entries in the service book and strictly maintaining the Guard file and other modes of record keeping.

The department directed all government establishments to strictly adhere to the guidelines when processing requests for duplicate appointment orders/ official documents pertaining to service matters.