UP Govt withholds salary of Govt Employees: The Uttar Pradesh government has withheld salaries of more than 68,000 state employees who failed to submit details of their movable and immovable assets on the Manav Sampada portal by the January 31 deadline.
Officials said the salaries for January have been stopped and will remain withheld until the mandatory asset declarations are uploaded. The government has also signalled that disciplinary action could follow if compliance is not ensured.
Despite clear instructions issued by Chief Secretary S P Goyal, a large number of employees did not meet the deadline. As a result, there is no assurance that affected staff will receive their salaries in February either, officials indicated. As many as 34,926 Group C employees, 22,624 Group D staff, 7,204 Group B officers and 2,628 Group A officers failed to file their asset details within the stipulated time.
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The Yogi Adityanath-led government has made it clear that submission of asset details on the Manav Sampada portal is non-negotiable, and that salaries will not be released until the requirement is met.
Why is Govt getting so strict?
In recent months, several corruption cases involving government officials have come to light, which has increased concerns about transparency and misuse of power in public offices.
Some Recent Corruption Cases
- Uttar Pradesh Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Rishikant Shukla, an alleged close aide of jailed Kanpur-based lawyer Akhilesh Dubey, has been suspended after a Special Investigation Team (SIT) unearthed assets worth nearly Rs 100 crore allegedly amassed through corrupt means.
- Dhananjay Singh, who was in charge of the Paper Mill Colony outpost under Mahanagar police in Lucknow station, was caught taking Bribe.
- Invest UP CEO Abhishek Prakash was suspended for allegedly seeking bribe through a middleman for approving a solar power plant project.
- The CBI arrested two people, including a superintendent of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) in Uttar Pradesh, while they were allegedly accepting bribe of ₹1 lakh for waiving penalty on a private company.
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These are just some of the recent corruption cases in Uttar Pradesh. A quick search on Google shows a long and growing list of such cases.
To address this issue, the government is strictly enforcing the rule of asset declaration for its employees. By asking employees to declare their movable and immovable assets, the government wants to ensure that income and property are in line with known sources of earnings.
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This step is aimed at discouraging corruption, identifying unexplained wealth, and strengthening accountability in public service. The Manav Sampada portal is being used to digitally record these details and maintain proper records. Linking salary payments to asset declaration is a way to ensure serious compliance, as the government wants to send a clear message that honesty and discipline are non-negotiable in government service.
