Instances of fraudulent drawal of salaries or remuneration from government departments are reportedly continuing with cases of such withdrawal surfacing in the recent times.

Inquiries conducted by the government revealed anomalies like two different employees with different employee codes, but same Aadhaar number, different names and Aadhaar numbers but working under same Head of Department with same designations. Perusal of the records have shown that two different employees with same regular employee code and employees with regular employee codes but no Aadhaar numbers drawing salaries from the government.

The development follows the employee mapping undertaken by the Finance Department last year following the uncertainty over the exact number of employees working on regular and temporary basis in different departments, undertakings and allied institutions.

Mapping was necessitated after allegations that the previous BRS Government resorted to irregularities in terms of number of contract and outsourcing employees working in different departments and agencies and huge amounts were diverted from the State exchequer in the name of payment of salaries or wages to temporary staff.

Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju, in a recent circular, directed the departments to conduct a thorough inquiry on priority to ascertain whether any employee has drawn salary or remuneration fraudulently from more than one government establishment by suppressing facts, misrepresentation or any other fraudulent means. This was because of instances of duplicate Aadhaar mappings noticed on verification of data available in the IFMIS (Integrated Financial Management and Information System).

“The detailed scrutiny revealed that in certain cases, salary or remuneration has been drawn from more than one government establishment against the same Aadhaar number,” the circular said.

Government had therefore viewed all such cases of potentially fraudulent drawal of salary or remuneration from more than one government establishment with utmost seriousness as they constitute a grave financial irregularity causing wrongful loss to the government and wrongful gain to the individual.

These acts could attract disciplinary action under the service rules and could also constitute criminal offences under the provisions of law including those relating to cheating, impersonation, forgery, falsification of official records, criminal breach of trust, misappropriation of Government funds and other allied offences.

It was decided to initiate disciplinary proceedings if the cases are established for imposition of appropriate penalty and steps will be taken to recover the entire amount of the Government money irregularly drawn together with all recoveries admissible under the rules from those guilty of the offences including the drawing and disbursement officers. Besides, complaints would be lodged with the competent law enforcement agency for registering criminal case and prosecution would be initiated.

Published - August 16, 2026 07:41 pm IST