The Goa government has issued a circular barring the MLAs from summoning government officials to their residences or personal offices for holding meetings. The General Administration Department (GAD), in a circular issued yesterday, said in order to ensure that the functioning of the offices of various departments is not disrupted, the guidelines are issued for strict compliance. The Congress MLAs had earlier raised the issue saying that government officials are reluctant to come to their residences to attend meetings. "I have witnessed MLAs calling government officers from various departments like PWD, electricity, etc, to their residences for meetings. "When the officials are at the residences of legislators, the common people who go to government offices for work are put to inconvenience," he pointed out.

Source: dna June 23, 2017 04:18 UTC