IPR stops IAS promotion; officers submit details by 31st January 2018: government

This is not the first chance when the government has tightened its rope over the administrative officers for the declaration of their wealth within next month. they have been warned that they will not be promoted and given vigilance clearance for the foreign posting if they don’t do so.

Personnel and training department (DoPT) has issued a letter giving direction to take Immovable Property Return details of administrative officers till January 31th, 2018 working under the departments under central government and the states and the Union Territories.

Mr PK Tripathi, Additional Secretary and establishment officer, has said recently, “It is repeatedly said in compliance with the directives of DoPT issued on April4th, 2011 that the vigilance clearance shall not be approved if the IPRs are not submitted within the stipulated time.

According to the directives, the officers who fail to submit their IPR till January31st, 2018 will not be able to get the vigilance approval and shall not be considered for the senior post promotions in the central government.