CURATED BY – DHEERAJ KUMAR AHIRWAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Damoh, Principal of Government Utkrisht Uchchtar Secondary School, Tendukheda has issued orders to deduct one day's salary of Primary Teacher Sushila Thakur, Primary Teacher Narendra Singh Lodhi, Primary Teacher Pushpa Rai and Secondary Teacher Satendra Kumar Jain on 20 September 2024 under the provisions of Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules 1966.

In this regard, despite verbal instructions by the Cluster Principal, Government Utkrisht Vidyalaya, Tendukheda, for not registering attendance on the Sarthak mobile app for Primary Teacher Sushila Thakur, Primary Teacher Narendra Singh Lodhi, Primary Teacher Pushpa Rai and Secondary Teacher Satendra Kumar Jain, the attendance was not registered on the Sarthak mobile app on September 20 from the school time and place.

Primary teacher Sushila Thakur, primary teacher Narendra Singh Lodhi, primary teacher Pushpa Rai are not registering their attendance through the Sarthak mobile app from 10 September to 20 September 2024. And secondary teacher Satendra Kumar Jain remained absent from the school and was found absent in the school till 11:20 am on 20 September. The said act is contrary to Rule-03 of Madhya Pradesh Civil Services (Conduct) Rules 1965, disobeying the orders / instructions of the senior office, being unauthorizedly absent from the school, not discharging the official duties, is a clear indication of indifference towards work, negligence and arbitrariness.

It is known that in the new academic session 2024-25, in view of the quality of education, student interest and transparency, instructions were circulated to the teachers from 01 June 2024 to register their attendance on the Sarthak mobile app and do continuous monitoring.