There are at least 10 IAS officers who are currently on unauthorised leave and necessary action is being taken against them, a senior official said.

Senior bureaucrats and police officers may lose their jobs for overstaying on foreign assignments for more than a month or taking leaves without permission, strict new rules announced by the government today say.In case states fail to act against such officers, the Centre will on its own initiate proceedings of "deemed resignation" against them, the government said.The move comes after the government found some bureaucrats were not reporting back to India after completion of their foreign postings.Few of them were also proceeding on unauthorised leave soon after completing their tenure abroad."If an officer of all India service - Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service and Indian Forest Service remains unauthorisedly absent after the sanctioned period of leave, study leave or tenure of foreign assignment, there shall be a one month waiting period," the rules said.After that, the state government under whose cadre the officer hails from, shall issue a show cause notice, thereby giving him or her an opportunity to explain their case.Thereafter, if the officer does not return to duty, the state government concerned shall initiate proceedings of deemed resignation and forward a proposal to the Centre for effecting it within next two months, the new rules say, adding that the process of deemed resignation should be completed within three months.In case the state government fails to comply with these instructions, the central government shall initiate proceedings of deemed resignation on its own, the rules finalised by Department of Personnel and Training said.There are at least 10 Indian Administrative Services officers who are currently on unauthorised leave and the necessary action is being taken against them, a senior department official said.