Degree verification: CDA account officers under fire

ISLAMABAD:

A Capital Development Authority committee verifying officers’ degrees has served show-cause notices to three Pay and Accounts wing officers on Tuesday for not adhering to its directions regarding withholding the salaries of officers who have failed to submit their educational credentials.

Of the total 1,149 grade 17 officers, some 1,030 managed to submit their educational credentials for verification to the relevant educational authorities by the September 10 deadline set by the authority.

Earlier, a notification issued by the CDA chairman’s secretariat directed the authority’s pay and accounts group to attach salaries for the month of September for all employees who failed to submit their degrees to the verification committee. The committee has also forwarded a list of such officers to the accounts committee.

“Why disciplinary proceedings should not be initiated against [pay and accounts wing officers] for not adhering to the committee’s clear direction,” says the show-cause notice.

The CDA released monthly salaries earlier than usual — September 17 — due to the Eidul Azha break.

Meanwhile, members of the three-member verification committee said the degrees submitted by officers had been dispatched to the respective educational boards for verification.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 23^rd, 2015.