| J&K yet 'undecided' to weed out non-performing IAS, IPS, IFS officers | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 13: Even as several IAS and IPS officers of J&K cadre are faced with allegations of corruption, professional misconduct and non-performance, the state is yet to share with the central government information about formation of review committees for assessing their performance.
As per rule, the central government, in consultation with the concerned state, may require an officer to retire in public interest from service for non-performance.
"There are some states like Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand among others who have not yet shared with the central government information regarding formation of review committees for assessing performance of IAS, IPS and IFS officers working under their administrative control," the Centre said today.
"The object of the rule is to weed out the deadwood in order to maintain a high standard of efficiency and initiative in the state services. It is not necessary that a good officer may continue to be efficient for all times to come," the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has said.
Only two out of nearly 1,100 bureaucrats whose work performance was reviewed by state governments had been recommended for premature retirement, the Centre said.
Time and again, the state governments have been requested to carry out intensive review of service records of officers belonging to all India services--Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS)--at two stages.
The review need to be carried out when officers have completed 15 years of service or five years after induction, and when they have completed 25 years of service or attained the age of 50 years, it said. As per latest status report, performance of a total of 549 officers, who had completed 15 years of service, were reviewed. Of these, a highest of 76 officers were of Maharashtra cadre, 64 of Jharkhand, 62 of AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories), 58 of Uttar Pradesh, 44 of Punjab and 43 of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Only one officer of AGMUT cadre has been recommended for premature retirement, the report said. All officers are found to fit and continue in service, the DoPT said citing outcome of the review meetings. |
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