Despite the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary, M Sai Kumar (IAS:1990:TN)’s directive to file the annual statement of assets and liabilities for the year 2025, only 3.12% of state government employees have so far filed it. Significantly, only three weeks are now left to do it, as the deadline is October 31.
This low compliance has raised questions among employees regarding the effect of the Chief Secretary’s August 5 directive. The CS had stated that submission of the statement would be taken into consideration while preparing panels for promotion.
The CS had directed all government employees to submit their Statement of Assets, Debts and Other Liabilities through the Integrated Financial and Human Resources Management System (IFHRMS) portal for the year ended December 31, 2025, by October 31, 2026.
The orders also stipulated that in future govt employees should submit the statement for the year ending December 31 on or before March 31 of the succeeding year without fail. According to the directive, the date of filing the statement is to be mentioned in the Annual Confidential Report of employees.
This has happened despite the govt’s directive clearly mentioning that non-filing of assets and liabilities within the stipulated time will be treated as a violation of the “Tamil Nadu Government Servants’ Conduct Rules, 1973.”
The major reason behind it is said to be apprehensions among govt employees over linking the filing of the statement to promotion-panel preparation. However, an official said the requirement is not a new measure or a coercive step by the government.
According to him, the directive is part of the state govt’s efforts to strengthen its database. Further, as the official said, the state govt is not going to recheck the details, since it is a voluntary disclosure of assets. A section of employees’ union welcomes the move while other expresses reservation.
According to TN Secretariat Association president G Venkatesan, each department had its own deadline for completing promotion-panel preparation and that the new stipulation could affect certain sections of employees.
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