Mumbai, April 05: Maharashtra Government is planning to amend?laws whereby retired bureaucrats could be charged for omissions and commissions committed by them while in service.
? Minister of State for Urban development Bhaskar Jadhav said retired bureaucrats take advantage of loopholes in the laws and there is need to amend them.
“They (bureaucrats) feel that nothing would happen to them after retirement and at the most, they will lose their pension. However, the amount of pension is nothing compared to what they earned by committing irregularities while in service,” Jadhav said.
? He also told the assembly that the government was of the view that?bureaucrats who resign from?service should seek permission of the government before joining the private sector.
-Agencies