An engineer in India’s public works department was finally fired after being absent from work for 24 years--just one example of the country’s notoriously slack civil service culture.
Bureaucracy is firmly entrenched in many government departments in India.
In one extreme example, a government employee has been fired after a 24-year leave of absence.
Electrical engineer A.K. Verma rose to the executive level after 10 years in the Central Public Works Department when he took leave in 1990.
When his requests for additional leave were turned down, he ignored orders to return to work and never went in again.
His bosses initiated a formal inquiry into his absence in 1992, but it took them 15 years to begin the formal process to fire him.
He was officially let go in 2014 under the violation of a “wilful absence from duty.”
It is unknown whether or not the engineer continued to be paid despite not reporting to work.
Many of India’s government workers have a notorious reputation for a
Bureaucracy is firmly entrenched in many government departments in India.
In one extreme example, a government employee has been fired after a 24-year leave of absence.
Electrical engineer A.K. Verma rose to the executive level after 10 years in the Central Public Works Department when he took leave in 1990.
When his requests for additional leave were turned down, he ignored orders to return to work and never went in again.
His bosses initiated a formal inquiry into his absence in 1992, but it took them 15 years to begin the formal process to fire him.
He was officially let go in 2014 under the violation of a “wilful absence from duty.”
It is unknown whether or not the engineer continued to be paid despite not reporting to work.
Many of India’s government workers have a notorious reputation for a
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