P&ARD issues directive to appointing authorities

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Perasonnel and Administrative Reforms Department (P and ARD) of the State Government has issued a circular to all  government departmetns,office heads and district collectors  regarding the directions to the appointing authority make appointments of the candidates adviced by PSC on submission of the scanned copy of the candidates’ identity card alolong with the appointment order.  P and ARD secretary T.J.Mathew   issued the circular on the otherday intimating that now onwards, only scanned copy of the identity card of the candidate only would be sent along with the appointment order to the appoitinting authorities.  The appointing authority should make the appointment after identifying the candidates  based on the scanned copy.   After conducting a verification by PSC, beside the police verification , PSC would send the verification certificate and original identity card of the candidate to the appointing authority.  The original identity card should be affixed on the serevice book of the  candidate and kept along the regularization certificate at the  appointing  authorities office.  It has come to the notice of the government and PSC that some of the appoiting authorities were not  allowing the candidates  who produce  the scanned copy of identity card  to join duty citing that they need to have produced the origianl  identity cards.