Minor penalty imposed on Inland Revenue officer for inefficiency, misconduct

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has imposed the minor penalty to the officer on the charge of inefficiency and misconduct, a notification issued on Thursday.
Mr. Ali Akbar Tunio, Inland Revenue Audit Officer/BS-16, RTO-III, Karachi, is being penalized under the government servants (Efficiency & Discipline) Rules, 1973 and on a show cause notice he had been given an opportunity to attend the personal hearing before the court on 23/10/2013 but during the course of proceedings the officer was not satisfactory and failed to prove his allegations false.
Therefore, the Authorized Officer Mr. Sajjad Siddiqui, the Additional Commissioner, RTO-III, Karachi was appointed as inquiry officer by the chief (management) / authorized officer has imposed a minor penalty of “stoppage of one annual increment for a period of one year” on the officer under the Rule 4(1)(a)(ii) of the E&D Rules, 1973, for his negligence in completion of de-registration process who had submitted the report of IRA Officer that he has been found guilty of unusual delay in completion of de-registration process for a period of 42 days.
Perpetrator shall have right of appeal to the Appellate Authority under Civil Servants (Appeals) Rules, 1977 within a period of 30 days from the date of imposing penalty.