The Tripura government has asked its employees to maintain punctuality in attending office otherwise strict action will be taken against the erring employees.

The General Administration department of the state government and the secretary Abhishek Singh in a notification issued on Thursday said that it has been observed that the employees working in various departments, offices, public sector undertakings are not observing utmost sincerity in observing punctuality and maintaining regular attendance as expected by the government.

In view of this, all the employees working under various departments, offices and PSUs etc are directed to ensure observing punctuality and maintaining regular attendance henceforth, said the notification.

The notification also said that the employees should reach the office in time, so that the public can avail their service from 10 AM sharp on all working days. "Similarly no one should leave the office during working hours (10 AM to 5.30 PM) during the working days without sufficient and unavoidable reasons and without intimation to the controlling authority under any circumstance."

In case of any failure in abiding by the government instructions by any of the employees, the department will take necessary action against the defaulting employee, the notification said, asking all the departmental heads to strictly comply with the instructions.