If you think government babus don’t work, a possible reason for this is that they simply aren’t around. AK Lal, who was a research officer in the finance ministry’s department of economic affairs, for instance, has not been at work since August 30, 1995. He was since been charge-sheeted for ‘absenting himself unauthorisedly from duty’ — presumably a very thorough investigation was carried out, since the charge-sheeting was done on May 8, 2009. The charge-sheet, sadly, was not received by Mr Lal since the address he’d given — D-44 Chander Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh — does not exist. The government has now issued an advertisement advising Mr Lal to contact it within 10 days and participate in the inquiry or face an ex-parte order.
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