Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
jammu, Mar 18: The Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has reportedly approached Government of India for repatriation of Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers presently on Central deputation but failed to utilize the services of nearly half a dozen State Cadre IAS officers, who were dumped by previous government headed by National Conference, by posting them on various insignificant posts.
Sources informed Early Times that nearly half a dozen Senior State Cadre IAS officers were dumped by Omar led coalition government, by preferring junior state cadre IAS officers by giving choicest plum postings, ignoring senior IAS state cadre officers.
"We have pinned high hopes on Mufti Mohammad Sayeed but nothing has been change so far and the discrimination we had meted out during the previous government tenure is still going on", some senior IAS officers said, pleading anonymity.
"At present we have many state cadre IAS officers of same batch, who are junior in the seniority but are presently manning very important posts in Rural Development Department, Excise department, Sales Tax Department, Transport department beside others but nearly half a dozen officers of same batch have been passing days", the officers said.
The IAS officers further claimed that many KAS officers have been posted on very important posts, while ignoring the IAS officers.
"There are some officers working in various departments, who were found involved in various vigilance cases and even prosecution is sanctioned against them but still they have been holding very important posts but government is not paying any heed to utilize the services of clean image state cadre IAS officers", they further said.
The officers further claimed that the quota of IAS posts in the state was fixed and even the quota of Direct IAS officers and promote IAS officers was also fixed but despite that fixation of quota, some blue eyed KAS officers were preferred by government.
"Few months ago, some direct recruited IAS officers, who were posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrates (SDMs) were transferred and promoted as Deputy Commissioners, even before completion of two years' term", they said, adding that in the same way, some blue eyed state cadre IAS officers have been securing plum posts one after another, in violation of transfer policy while some senior State Cadre IAS officers have been wasting their energy on less significant posts that too in violation of transfer policy. |
