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| Why are 200 KAS officers made to await postings? | | | early times report
Jammu, Nov 4: More than 200 KAS officers have been awaiting posting orders after completion of their training courses although the State government complains about shortage of officers in various administrative departments.
The speed at which official files and communications move in the State must grant even the proverbial snail's pace some dignity and grace. For years files keep on gathering dust in the various departments of the government as officers busy themselves in everything other than attending to their duties and grievances of the people. Tours and meetings have become luxurious pastime for not only the civil servants in the State, but also the ministers who are supposed to supervise the work of the government.
Young boys and girls beaming and bubbling with energy and enthusiasm join the civil services in the State after competing at cut throat competitions. These talented young boys and girls have lofty ideas about serving the people and improving the administrative apparatus of the State. But, what happens after a few years of joining the civil services? The fire dies down quickly in the minds and hearts of the young officers as they start realizing that the system is so powerful and entrenched that nobody can make any change.
The State Chief Minister has already thrown up his hands in his once declared war on corruption. The result has been that clerks and officers in various departments of the government now openly demand monetary considerations for doing the common man's job. Whether you want to obtain a state subject certificate, a scheduled caste/scheduled tribe certificate or a ration card for your family, you have to pay at every level and unless one willingly submits to the drill of corruption no job in any government office can be got done. For cases where no money has exchanged hands, objections, queries and note writing on dozens of pages continues for years till the applicant finally stops chasing the file out of desperation and frustration.
In a scenario like this, it becomes quite understandable any 200 trained and qualified KAS officers are being kept waiting on the margins for their postings. Doesn't it mean everyone of these 200 budding bureaucrats must learn the lesson of their career well in advance and stop raising eyebrows when they see their seniors and juniors indulging in the scourge of corruption through which the common citizens of the state are fleeced like a flock of sheep? Isn't delaying their postings another sequel to the 'practical training' of these 200 KAS officers?
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