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| Besides demanding more funds seek increase in central services quota | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 16: Had Sheikh Abdullah been alive for another decade he would have dispensed with the central services like the IAS, the IPS and the IFS in Jammu and Kashmir because he was keen to promote and patronise the state cadre services like the KAS and the KPS.
It was his belief that local officers, if given key posts and important assignments they would deliver better than the non-local officers because the former know the aspirations, language, sentiments, and problems of the people of the state.
Sheikh Abdullah was instrumental in revising the pay scales of officers belonging to the state cadre service. In certain cases the pay scales of the state cadre officers were higher than that of the IAS and the IPS officers.
It was because of his faith in the local officers that during the period he remained Chief Minister of the state between 1975 and 1982, except for a few month's break when the state was placed under the Governor's rule following withdrawal of support by the Congress to his Government, that local officers held key posts.
At one stage in mid 70's as chief Minister he had appointed P.A. Rosha, a police Chief from Punjab, as security Adviser to the Government. But he had to cut short his stay when the Sheikh opposed the system under which the then Home Secretary had been relegated to the background with the security Adviser ruling the roost. And when Sheikh Abdullah restored dignity and authority to the Home Secretary Rosha was left with no other alternative but to resign.
Between 1977 and 1982 local IAS officers, called usually the promotes, were appointed Chief secretaries. Also IPS promotes held the seat of Director General police.
Once again resentment has surfaced against assigning key Government posts to non-local officers in civil administration and the police under the NC led coalition Government. One non-local IAS officer is said to be holding more than five key posts when a large number of IAS and IPS promotes have been given insignificant assignments.
If one goes deep into the genesis of the matter one will find that the society within the state has been seen according respect and loyalty to the non-local officers who are usually termed as "viceroys." In fact the trend was established by Dr Farooq Abdullah who usually banked on non-local officers.
As Chief Minister he had appointed Ashok Jaitley as Chief Secretary twice. Not only this Jaitley-B.R. Singh combine had emerged more powerful than the ministerial colleagues of Farooq Abdullah.
This trend was checked when Mufti Mohd. Sayeed was sworn in as Chief Minister. He may be for many a Kashmir centric politician but as Chief Minister he installed S.S. Beloria as Chief Secretary. In fact he had entrusted key posts to local officers whether direct IAS or promotes.
Beloria was followed by Vijay Bakaya, a local man, and after his retirement another local officer B.R. Singh was appointed as Chief secretary. Ghulam Nabi Azad had reposed complete trust in B.R. Singh and later this trust had motivated Azad to engineer Singh's entry into the Congress which facilitated him to get elected to the Legislative Council.
As far as the police is concerned as many as six police officers had headed the department from 1977 onwards and they included Peer Ghulam Hassan Shah, D.N. Kaul, M.J. Pandit, M.M. Khajuria and the current police Chief, Kuldeep Khoda.
The demand for giving key posts to local officers too has many facets. One is that as direct recruits in the IAS and IPS the non-local officers have better IQ than the local promote officers. Secondly, local officers are prone to get influenced by local issues and people whereas non-local officers do not have any interest in the affairs of local society.
Over the years it has been seen that the level of corruption among the non-local officers has been small when compared to the level among the local officers. But the local officers have a better comprehension of the problems that people face in the state than those who have come from outside Jammu and Kashmir.
Experts suggest a one-point formula for the state and the central Governments to implement. They want equal distribution of key posts among local and non-local officers. It would be bad governance if key posts including Home, GAD, Finance etc. are held by non-local officers. Besides this the state Government should ask for increase in the state quota in the central services like IAS and the IPS till more boys and girls from Jammu and Kashmir crack central services examination. |
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