(a) the number of officers of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) suspended on various
charges between the years 2009 to July, 2011;
(b) whether more than half of the said suspended officers have been reinstated in service;
(c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons for reinstatement of these suspended officers again in service; and
(d) the details of the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(PROF. K.V. THOMAS)
(a): During the period from 2009 to July, 2011, two hundred FCI officials were placed under
suspension.
(b)&(c): Yes, Madam. Suspension of 171 Officials has been revoked. Suspension is an
executive action whereby a Government servant is temporarily kept out of duty pending
final action for acts of indiscipline, delinquency, misdemeanour, etc. It is a safeguard
against the Government servant from interfering with and hampering the preliminary
investigation process and tempering with material evidence oral or documentary. An order
of suspension may, at any time, be revoked by the Competent Authority, when it is ascertained
that the official under suspension will not be in a position to influence the proceedings
or manipulate the records. As per the Provisions of FCI Staff Regulations, 1971, suspension
is reviewed by Competent Authority within 90 days and suspension can be revoked after such
review.
(d): Does not arise.