Srinagar, Sept. 16 -- ACB Clearance Made Mandatory For Obtaining Passport

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday made the latest clearance by the anti-graft body Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) mandatory for its employees for obtaining a passport.

"The passport to the citizens including Government employee is issued on the basis of verification carried out by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The current system does not contain any mechanism as would help denying the passport to such employees who are either under suspension or facing departmental inquiry or prosecution on account of serious charges," reads a government circular.

Hitherto, a Government employee was only required to inform his employer for applyi...