India, June 4 -- Thirty-five staff members at the Greater Noida authority office will lose their one-day salary for turning up late at workplace, following directions by the authority's chief executive officer (CEO) who conducted a surprise inspection on Tuesday morning, officials said.

The step came as CEO Lokesh M found the staff being absent from their respective desks while the visitors were waiting to get their work done.

He directed the department heads to deduct a day's salary of these employees, the officials said, adding that not only the CEO pulled up the staff for reporting late but also directed them to attend to the public calls about civic woes.

"We have directed the water works and civil department staff to respond to pu...