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| Tough debate on new CS as Cabinet meets Monday, | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 7
A meeting of state cabinet is slated for Monday wherein besides other things the new Chief Secretary is likely to be appointed. A discussion on brief session of assembly, some transfers, postings and promotions in administration are also reportedly on the agenda.
Sources said that an ordinance for setting up the proposed Sharda Peeth University is also likely to come up before cabinet for discussion. The Raj Bhawan, it may be mentioned here, has already sent a draft ordinance to the Education department which was till recently being examined by the Law department.
If the Sharda Peeth University ordinance comes before the cabinet for discussion this can raise a lot of heat and dust as the Peoples Democratic Party is strongly opposed to the manner in which the Raj Bhawan has sent the bill to the government for cabinet approval.
It may be noted here that with induction of BR Kundal in cabinet the race to fill the coveted post of Chief Secretary is already on.
Sadanand Bave, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1973 batch and the state's resident commissioner in Delhi, Satinder Singh Sahni, IAS of 1974 batch and state's financial commissioner co-ordination, and S.S. Kapoor, an IAS officer of 1974 batch and financial commissioner home, are at the top of the seniority list for the coveted assignment.
Bave and Sahni are senior to Kapoor. But after Kundal submitted his papers for voluntary retirement last week, Kapoor was reportedly sounded by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad for the top job.
Sources within the ruling coalition here indicated that the People's Democratic Party (PDP) wants the issue of the new chief secretary to be debated in the cabinet meeting scheduled here Friday evening.
'The PDP favours a son of the soil for the chief secretary's post,' said a party source.
The name of S.L. Bhat, an IAS officer of 1976 batch, is doing the rounds as the PDP's choice. He belongs to the Kashmiri Pandit community and is presently on deputation with the central government. |
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