NEW DELHI: Only one-third of junior staff in each of the central government offices were expected to join works from Monday, but absence of clarity on who would work on which day compelled the police to permit movement of every employee on the basis of identity cards — a situation which allowed several non-officegoers with government IDs to use this opportunity to move around.It resulted in visibly extra movement of vehicles in NDMC area and roads along CGO complex, where most of the central government offices are located, despite strict checking at multiple points.A few senior officers, who were using these stretch to get to works since the beginning of the lockdown last month, noticed this while coming to office on Monday, the first day of opening of central ministries for all seniors (deputy secretary and above) and 33% of junior work force during the current lockdown period. There were, however, instances where few ministries reported presence of more than one-third of lower rank staff in their respective departments.Underlining that it’s not possible to find out who are within those 33%, the Delhi Police special branch on Sunday wrote to all DCsP saying “all central government employees be permitted on the basis of their identity cards”. It also said all ground level staff be “briefed about it thoroughly and repeatedly” by DCsP, ACsP and SHOs.Though admin wing in respective central ministries have made roaster so that only 1/3rd of lower level staff could be called to attend office, many officials said that the arrangement would be, in any case, an informal in nature so that adequate staff are there for works on weekdays while strictly adhering to safety guidelines, including social distancing, during the lockdown period.An official said, “Roaster is prepared but non-biometric attendance made it possible for senior officials to bring their junior staff on board through an informal arrangement without compromising on safety aspect and existing guidelines. Things will be streamlined in next couple of days.”The official cited examples of seniors who are driven to office by junior staff (driver). He said the drivers would be on job all five days a week as there were not enough drivers to follow the rotation of bringing one-third on one or two days while calling others on remaining days.Some of departments dealing with essential services such as railways, agriculture, food, consumer affairs, transport and shipping saw attendance of sizeable number staff on Monday.“All those who came to office today must have got the detailed roster duty chart and there will be stricter compliance from Tuesday onwards. Dealing with files was a major concern for all those who came today,” said the other official.There were also sporadic reports where some of the staff informed their seniors that they couldn’t come as they didn’t have personal transport while some others reported about their areas falling under containment zones.Officials said most of them who attended office on Monday kept themselves confined to their rooms. In most ministries, staffs were seen standing at adequate distance while using lift. Disinfection was also carried out in premises of many ministries, they said.