Haryana Public Works (B&R) Department is celebrating Diwali with simplicity and dignity this year again. The Department has endeavoured to curb the tradition of accepting / giving gift items on the occasion of Diwali festival for the last four years which has received a overwhelming response from the officers as well as employees. Instructions have been issued in this regard by the Department that the practice of giving/accepting gifts on the eve of Diwali is contrary to the provisions of Rule-13 of the Govt. Employees Rule, 1966. Sh.Mahesh Kumar, Engineer-in-Chief, Haryana PWD (B&R) Department, said that the above said practice is being strictly observed and enforced.
It has been emphasized through instructions that the practice of giving/accepting gifts on the eve of Diwali should be discouraged. It was observed that the vested interests dealing with the department had fashioned it as a sophisticated strategy to influence officers by offering costly gifts and hence above instructions were issued which are successfully being implemented for last 4 years and this year too.