150 staffers skip Census duty, face MCG action

Gurgaon: MCG has published a list of 150 employees who were assigned Census duties as enumerators but allegedly failed to report for work.

The civic body has directed all listed employees to report for duty by Tuesday, warning that criminal proceedings will be initiated against those who fail to comply.

“We have given the enumerators time till May 19, after which we will recommend registering FIRs against them,” said an MCG official privy to the matter.

On Monday, MCG initiated strict action against 10 employees for alleged negligence in National Census 2027 work and defiance of govt orders.

Police on Monday registered two FIRs under Section 11 of the Census Act, 1948. During a review conducted by the competent authority on May 17, it was found that despite sufficient time passing, the concerned employees did not make a single entry in their HLO app IDs. This was considered a serious act of negligence towards the National Census work and a deliberate defiance of govt orders.

The FIRs alleged that despite repeated reminders, instructions and supervision by senior officials, the enumerators failed to carry out the required data entries on the designated HLO mobile application used for census-related work.

According to the complaints, the employees also remained absent from mandatory training sessions organised for Census 2027 preparations. MCG officials said these training programmes were essential for the smooth conduct of the nationwide exercise, but the accused employees allegedly failed to attend despite repeated directions. Based on these allegations, cases were registered under Section 11 of the Census Act, 1948, which deals with refusal or neglect to perform duties assigned under the Act. The matter is currently under investigation.