thiruvananthapuram the government has warned the officials of the finance department against making any statements in the media including social media against government policiesin a circular issued by the additional chief secretary finance biswanath sinha it has been said that several complaints have been received against the employees of the department making open statements and criticizing the government policiesas per rule 60 a of the rules for the code of conduct of the government employees 1960 the government employees should not in speech or in writing criticize the government policies or the steps taken by the government in public or in any other platformaction will be taken against those making opinions about the government policies in the public without taking prior permission the circular saidsome employees of the finance department made open comments and criticized some of the policies of the government in the association meeting of the employees the department employees have been critical of the government defaulting on the dearness allowance of the employees citing the financial crisisthe employees have also been critical of the governments latest proposal to increase the working hours and cut down the casual leave of the employees in lieu of giving a holiday for the government offices on the fourth saturday of every monththe contributory pension scheme of the government is also under severe criticism from government employees it is amid these regulations that the government has been coming up with several extravagant expenditures including vehicle purchases foreign tours etcgovernment employees have been taking strong exceptions to these moves and many have openly criticized such decisionsearlier there were several instances when state government employees had to face action including suspension from service for using social media for criticising the government