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UHi everyone,
I was previously working in the Income Tax Department on a lower-level post. Before my joining, I had appeared for a state-level examination, and its result was declared around the same time I received my joining order for the Income Tax post. However, there was uncertainty regarding the state government post due to a pending court case. Given this uncertainty, I decided to join the Income Tax Department.
After working there for five months, the court case was resolved, and I received my joining order for the state post, with instructions to join within 21 days. I submitted my resignation to the Income Tax Department and joined the state post the following day, assuming that my relieving order would be processed in due course. My immediate officer had no objection to my departure, and I was unaware that obtaining a formal relieving order was mandatory before joining another department.
Now, I have been working in the state department for seven months. Due to some pending verification, I had not yet transferred my PRAN from the central government to the state government. Once my verification was completed, I initiated the PRAN transfer process, but my Pay and Accounts Office declined it due to the absence of a relieving order.
Upon following up, I discovered that my relieving application was forwarded from Jammu to Ludhiana, but the Ludhiana office had simply failed to process it further. It was only after my repeated follow-ups that it was finally sent to the Chandigarh headquarters. Now, the officials in Chandigarh are threatening disciplinary action against me for leaving the department and joining another post without a proper relieving order.
At the time of my state job joining, I had already disclosed in the online application that I was in government service. However, the state department did not ask for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) or a relieving order before allowing me to join. Being my first job, I was unaware of these procedural requirements, and now I find myself in a difficult situation.
I would really appreciate any legal advice on how to handle this matter and what steps I should take to resolve it.
Thank you in advance.
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P> officials in Chandigarh are threatening disciplinary action
Talk to them. Beg their forgiveness. Grease the wheels. You are just starting your career. Do everything possible to keep moving forward. Don’t get mired in legal complications from the very beginning.
Don’t overcomplicate matters by involving lawyers.
Remember this – you will (almost) **never** win in court against a government department or PSU, especially if you are even slightly in the wrong. They cannot afford to let you win.
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LBrother you should have got a relieving letter, you can’t join directly from one gov department to another. That said, they are threatening you that means they want their hands to be greased well. Better connect with a lawyer before initiating legal steps and visit the previous office headquarters unofficially to know exactly what they want and whether bribing can help.
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