Hello All,I am sharing a news article which may be a new begining towards most discussed topic now a days i.e. Parity among Civil Services:-
"Senior IAS officers working in Andhra Pradesh are fuming over handing over of key posts to juniors ever since the TDP stormed into power last year. Recalling that a similar 'experiment' in Uttar Pradesh by the then chief minister Mayawati had cost her dear, senior officers in AP argue that doling out key posts to non-IAS officers is against all established norms and service rules.
Mayawati had shunted out most of the senior IAS officers to insignificant posts and handed over senior cadre posts to junior officers. This had created a furore in the administration forcing the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to intervene. Some of the UP officers had even knocked the doors of the administrative tribunal on the 'ill-treatment' by Mayawati government.
"A similar situation now exists in AP. Many senior officers were relegated to minor departments like tribal welfare, youth services, sports and environment. Whereas officers who joined recently have been elevated to senior cadre posts and given plum posts in corporations," pointed a senior IAS officer on condition of anonymity.
Take for example, special chief secretary cadre officers AK Parida and LV Subramanyam. While Parida is holding environment and forests, Subramanyam is left with youth services. Another senior officer Vidya Sagar continues in the tribal welfare department and Giridhar, who left the CMO recently, was posted in AP Public Service Commission as its secretary. Nilam Sawhney was given women and child welfare and another special chief secretary cadre officer Dinesh Kumar is waiting for posting for the last one month.
The administration has received a serious blow as junior officers including non-IAS cadre are occupying important chairs. After Chandrababu Naidu became the CM, about a dozen non-IAS officers have landed in Hyderabad in the name of inter-state deputation. Top of it, they were given plum posts pushing senior officers to unimportant positions, senior officials argue.
"The state government does not have any control over the officer who came to the state under inter-state deputation. If he fails in his duty, the state government can't take any action but to surrender him to the parent department. This service rule is working as a shield for non-IAS officers who are queuing up to the state. But what about accountability in administration?" pointed out a senior IAS officer.
Officers from the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) are thronging to AP by obtaining inter-state deputation. After getting the deputation, they are lobbying for plum posts through different channels. Several IRS officers have got good postings much to the displeasure of senior officers. Indian Railway traffic service officer K Sambasiva Rao was posted as the MD of infrastructure corporation, while IRS officer P Venkaiah Chowdary was posted as the MD of AP Mineral Development Corporation. Anther IRS officer Ch Gopinath was posted as the MD of Medical Infrastructure Corporation. Phani Kumar was given information technology department and Sandhya Rani from Indian Postal Service became the commissioner of school education department.
Another Indian Postal Service officer M Venkateswarlu was posted as MD of Bhogapuram International Airport Development Authority. IRS officers P Naresh, J Krishna Kishore and M Rama Rao were also given key assignments.
"The TDP government is slowly pushing out senior IAS officers from key departments. Never before so many non-IAS officers have joined the state administration and were handed over plum posts," pointed another IAS officer. Senior officers are now planning to complain on this anomaly to the chief secretary and DoPT."....keep on Blogging..
SOURCE:- The Times of India(Hyderabad Edition)
"Senior IAS officers working in Andhra Pradesh are fuming over handing over of key posts to juniors ever since the TDP stormed into power last year. Recalling that a similar 'experiment' in Uttar Pradesh by the then chief minister Mayawati had cost her dear, senior officers in AP argue that doling out key posts to non-IAS officers is against all established norms and service rules.
Mayawati had shunted out most of the senior IAS officers to insignificant posts and handed over senior cadre posts to junior officers. This had created a furore in the administration forcing the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to intervene. Some of the UP officers had even knocked the doors of the administrative tribunal on the 'ill-treatment' by Mayawati government.
"A similar situation now exists in AP. Many senior officers were relegated to minor departments like tribal welfare, youth services, sports and environment. Whereas officers who joined recently have been elevated to senior cadre posts and given plum posts in corporations," pointed a senior IAS officer on condition of anonymity.
Take for example, special chief secretary cadre officers AK Parida and LV Subramanyam. While Parida is holding environment and forests, Subramanyam is left with youth services. Another senior officer Vidya Sagar continues in the tribal welfare department and Giridhar, who left the CMO recently, was posted in AP Public Service Commission as its secretary. Nilam Sawhney was given women and child welfare and another special chief secretary cadre officer Dinesh Kumar is waiting for posting for the last one month.
The administration has received a serious blow as junior officers including non-IAS cadre are occupying important chairs. After Chandrababu Naidu became the CM, about a dozen non-IAS officers have landed in Hyderabad in the name of inter-state deputation. Top of it, they were given plum posts pushing senior officers to unimportant positions, senior officials argue.
"The state government does not have any control over the officer who came to the state under inter-state deputation. If he fails in his duty, the state government can't take any action but to surrender him to the parent department. This service rule is working as a shield for non-IAS officers who are queuing up to the state. But what about accountability in administration?" pointed out a senior IAS officer.
Officers from the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) are thronging to AP by obtaining inter-state deputation. After getting the deputation, they are lobbying for plum posts through different channels. Several IRS officers have got good postings much to the displeasure of senior officers. Indian Railway traffic service officer K Sambasiva Rao was posted as the MD of infrastructure corporation, while IRS officer P Venkaiah Chowdary was posted as the MD of AP Mineral Development Corporation. Anther IRS officer Ch Gopinath was posted as the MD of Medical Infrastructure Corporation. Phani Kumar was given information technology department and Sandhya Rani from Indian Postal Service became the commissioner of school education department.
Another Indian Postal Service officer M Venkateswarlu was posted as MD of Bhogapuram International Airport Development Authority. IRS officers P Naresh, J Krishna Kishore and M Rama Rao were also given key assignments.
"The TDP government is slowly pushing out senior IAS officers from key departments. Never before so many non-IAS officers have joined the state administration and were handed over plum posts," pointed another IAS officer. Senior officers are now planning to complain on this anomaly to the chief secretary and DoPT."....keep on Blogging..
SOURCE:- The Times of India(Hyderabad Edition)
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