Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Appointment of conpetent officer. - (l) The Goverrment shall appoifi by nolification an omcer noi below ttre rurk of Group 'B' Offcer of the Govemment or its equivaleot mnk, nr case ofother public auhori\r to act as Competent officer to impos€ cost against designated ofiicer or his sobordinate public seNart defaultins o. delaying the detivery of services in accordarce '!l,lth this Act (2) Every public authorily shall for the purpose of payment ol cost, confcr on fte competent officer, the powe. ofdrawing and disbursing officer in accordance with the law, p.ocedure and nrles applicable. 5 (3) On such demand of compensatory cost by the ciii2-en at the time of delivery of cilizcn relaled services. it slEll be the duly of the competent officer ro pay sucl cost lo thc citizen againsl acknowledgement and receipl in such manDer as Day be prescribed. ll. Procedure soveming fixing ofliability. - (1) Within a penod offiliee! days of the payment of compensatory cost, the competent officer after condu.ting pre1imtuary en$iry, shrll issue af,otice against t\ep$lic sen'anl found responsible for the d€lay in delilery of such citizen related senices in such nErner as lnay be prescribed, calling upon him as to !i4ry the compensatory costpaidto thecrtizetr may Dot be recovered from hun. (2) The public serant against whom such notice is issued may represent within a period of seven days fiom the date of receipt of sch notice. In case no such representation is received. by the conpetent otEcer, within the prescnb€d period or explanalion received, if oy, is not found sadsfaclo,f, tfie competent ofEcer slEll be entitled to issue debit note directitrs strch defaulting public seN t either deposit ihe cost as stipulated in dle debit note or direct;ng the Accounts of6cer concemed to debit the salary of strch psblic setrant for fie moutrt as specified in tle debit note: Provided that if the competenl officer finds reasonable and justified grounds in favour of public servant and co e to the conclNion that tne delay in delivery of se ices to the o;tizen was not atl butable to him. but was aftribtrtable to some olher public serwant, it shall be lawful for the competent offier to withdlaw the notice against hnn and issue aresh show cause notic€ to such other public serdt as foud responsible for the delay and shatl follow tlr€ procedure mulans mutinies as stipulated in lhis sub-section ed sub-section (1) ofthis se.tioo. (l) wtile fixins the liabiliry underthis Act, tle competent office. shall follow tle principles of natual iastice before passing the order in fiat respcct. (4) After sivtug compensalory cost to the assrieved citizen ald within lhiny days thereafter, the c.mpete omcer shall update debit note in the HRMS softwaie agaiNt fte officer found guilty by followins the principles ofnatxral