INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JULY 22The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority said a
total of eight chargesheets related to fake credentials were filed at the Special Court against government employees in the fiscal 2022-23.
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The
anti-graft body had filed six chargesheets the previous fiscal.According to a brief report recently released by the CIAA, the chargeseets
were filed after they were allegedly found to have submitted fake academic certificates to join government service
Upon completion of wide-ranging investigation and inquiry, the anti-graft body filed the chargsheets, seeking maximum punishment under
sub-section (1) of section 16 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2002, which criminalises submission of fake certificates with the
intention of securing government job.
If found guilty, they will be liable to a jail term of up to one year and fine not
exceeding Rs 25,000 besides dismissal from service.The CIAA has repeatedlywarned that the tendency to submit fake academic credentials,
teaching licence and citizenship certificate for the purpose of joining government service, getting promotion and receiving government
facilities, continues unabated despite strict law.The CIAA said the highest cases of fake academic certificates involved schoolteachers and
Similarly, health workers, technical employees such as engineers and sub-engineers, administrative employees of the local levels and other
employees engaged in civil service are also among persons joining government service and enjoying promotion and other facilities by
submitting fake documents
Earlier, the anti-graft body had urged the authorities concerned to verify the authenticity of academic credentials submitted for
appointment and promotion.The CIAA said that appointing, promoting and providing facilities to any person on the basis of bogus or forged
certificate of academic qualification and other documents had badly affected performance and service delivery in public offices.A version of
this article appears in the print on July 23, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
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