A government official has been sacked for taking leave 24 years ago and never returning to his desk.A K Verma, an executive engineer at the Central Public Works Department, was fired after last appearing for work in December 1990.
"He went on seeking extension of leave, which was not sanctioned, and defied directions to report to work," the government said in a statement on Thursday.
Even after an inquiry found him guilty of "wilful absence from duty" in 1992, it took another 22 years and the intervention of a cabinet minister to remove him, the government said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cracked down on rampant absenteeism by making New Delhi bureaucrats sign in at work using a fingerprint scanner. The results are publicly available online -- at www.attendance.gov.in -- in real time.
Source: http://www.rediff.com/news/report/wtf-news-its-weird-true-and-funny/20150109.htm
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