Control over Government employees

Problem: 

People have no control over the acts of omission and commission by the government employees and find themselves in a helpless situation. 

Suggestion: 

• The control over the government employees, both administrative and operational, connected with execution of works, maintenance of properties and their organizations should be passed on to various levels of panchayats. The employees should be considered as employees of the panchayat under which they have been transferred. When employed employees retire then the new appointment should be made by the panchayat under which the vacancies fall. State government should play no role in new appointments. 

• On all levels panchayats should have the powers to appoint new employees to fulfill its needs. These employees should be treated as employees of the panchayat and not employees of the state government. 

• The panchayats should have complete administrative control over the employees irrespective of the fact that they were transferred from elsewhere or were appointed by the panchayat directly. Gram Sabha should have power to charge sheet an employee, also be able to punish an erring employee and suspend him, if the need arises. 

• Gram sabhas should have power to cancel the license of an essential commodity dealer like, kerosene or ration or gas, if found engaging in malpractices and appoint a new dealer. 

• All gram sabhas should be empowered to issue directive to any government employee and if need arises then send him a summon asking him to be present in the meetings of the sabhas. If the directive of a gram Sabha is not in conflict with the directive of a different gram Sabha then it should be mandatory for the concerned employee to obey the directives issued by the gram Sabha. (Note: Sometimes an employee is on the block level and responsible for looking after works related to a block instead of a village). In case of conflict, it should be resolved on that level of the panchayat. In case an employee ignores a summon sent by a gram Sabha or defies the orders issued by it, then the gram Sabha should be empowered to reprimand the employee and impose a fine on him, too.