I have been reading your site regularly and it provides interesting information in the morning to all bureaucrats!
A Dayalan
Contact-suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com> & <mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com>

Ramasubban to be Secretary Heavy Industries ?
Name of K S Ramasubban has started doing the round in the corridors of power for the post of Secretary Heavy Industries in the Government of India. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.Present Secretary Dr S N Dash is retiring on March 31.
Will Dash be Chairman of OPSC ?
Secretary Heavy Industries who is retiring this month end is likely to return to his parent State as Chairman of the Orissa Public Service Commission. He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
Review of 1989 batch IAS this week
Review meeting for empanelment of 1989 batch IAS to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place this week.
Who will be Commissioner CEPFO ?
Who will be new Commissioner of the Central Employees Fund Organisation (CEPFO) ?.A panel of three IAS officers Mssrs B S Meena (Maharashtra ,1975 batch), Ranjan Chatterjee (Assam-Meghalaya 1976 batch ) and Ajoy Acharya (MP 1976 batch) is lying with the decision makers.
List of 1990 batch IAS still with Minister DoPT
List of empanelment of 1990 batch IAS officers to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India is still lying with the Minister of State for Personnel. The list consists name of 55 officers.
Das to be new Chief Secretary of Assam
Naba Kumar Das is being appointed new Chief Secretary of Assam on April 1.1976 batch IAS officer Das is presently Special Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture in the Government of India. Present Chief Secretary P C Sharma is superannuating on March 31.
GM’s postings stalled in Railway Ministry
As the grapevine has it, postings of Shailendra K Budhalakoti as General Manager
(GM), KBL Mittal as GM Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO)-Lucknow, have been stalled as a query has been raised by higher ups that as to why no incumbent had been posted as GM NFR . Both of them are IRSME officers. If the tangle wasn’t resolved then these proposals may not mature because existing panel will lapse on March 31, 2010.
All five ministers to be re-nominated
If top sources are to be believed all the five Union Ministers Mssrs A K Antony,Ms Ambika Soni, Anand Sharma ,M S Gill and Jairam Ramesh are being re-nominated to the Rajya Sabha.Tenure of all these ministers expires between April and July.
Race begins for the ED’s slot in SAI
A race has begun for the slot of Executive Director (ED) with the Sports Authority of India (SAI). Earlier, it was held by Ms.Jhanja Tripathi who has joined as Secretary of the Railway Sports Control Board. She is an officer of the Indian Railway Accounts service who belongs to the 1986 batch.
M.S. Bhurji tipped to elevated as IG in ITBP
A DPC was held on March 4, 2010, for promotion of its cadre officer from DIG to IG. DPC has selected the name of M.S. Bhurji for IG. Ministry of Home Affairs will soon issue an order.
NHAI debars IRCON ?
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has reportedly debarred IRCON, a PSU of Ministry of Railways. This step has been taken due to IRCON’s poor performance.
D.S. Gangwar appointed CVO, STC
D.S. Gangwar Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Rural Development (RD) in Government of India has been appointed as CVO, State Trading Corporation (STC). He will be completing his period on October 14, 2012.He is an IAS officer of the 1988 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.
C.R. Balakrishnan appointed CVO ,CPCL-Chennai
C.R. Balakrishnan Deputy Election Commissioner in Government of India (GOI) has been appointed as CVO Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL). He will be completing his period on June 9, 2012.He is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.
(We said this on February 14, 2010)
Rajiv Kapoor is Joint Secretary, DoPT
Rajiv Kapoor has joined on the post of Joint Secretary in Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). He will be looking after the charge of JS (AT&A). He is an IAS officer of the 1983 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on January 13, 2010)
Dharmender Sharma gets new assignment in MHA
Dharmender Sharma, Joint Secretary (Policy and Planning) at Lok Nayak Bhawan has been transferred to Joint Secretary (IS-I) at North Block. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He is an IAS officer of the 1988 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
Deverakonda Diptivilasa gets new assignment in MHA
Deverakonda Diptivilasa, Joint Secretary (IS-1), North Block has been transferred to Joint Secretary (IS-2) at Lok Nayak Bhawan.He is an IAS officer of the 1981 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Lokesh Chand Jha gets new assignment in MHA
Lokesh Chand Jha, Joint Secretary (IS-2) at Lok Nayak Bhawan, has been transferred to Joint Secretary (Policy and Planning) at the same building i.e. Lok Nayak Bhawan. He is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the Jammu & Kasmir cadre.
CBDT’s new transfer policy approved
The  Government of India (GOI) has approved new transfer policy for officers functioning under Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). It has been widely hailed by its officers.
10 CITs may be promoted as CCITs
As the grapevine has it, 10 Commissioner of Income Tax (CITs) who were superseded in promotion to Chief CITs (CCITs) may now get promoted because decks have been cleared for the same. They have been asked to furnish their complete CRs.
Services of ER Solomon placed at the disposal of GoI
Services of ER Solomon, Director General (Inspection) in the office of the Comptroller & Auditor General Of India, New Delhi, have been placed at the disposal of the Government of India for appointment as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Minority Affairs, New Delhi, for a period of five years from the date of taking over charge of the post or until further orders.
Two IAS officers approach CAT for cadre change on marriage grounds
On getting no response to their cadre change requests on marriage grounds from the Government of Tripura, Dr. Adarsh Singh, IAS (2007-MT), SDM, Amarpur, South Tripura and Shashank, IAS (2007-MT), have filed a case in the principal bench of Central Administrative Tribunal at Delhi and in the Guwahati bench of CAT respectively. Both the officers have been requesting the Tripura government for cadre change in accordance with the GoI rule that stipulates that Husband and Wife should be allotted same cadre.
AI initiates steps to improve financial health
National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) i.e. Air India of which CMD is Arvind Jadhav has initiated several measures to cut costs across the board to bridge the gap in revenue and expenditure, to ward of the critical phase of global economic downturn that affected almost all airlines. Guided by the Chairman and Managing Director Jadhav, the company initiated several steps to improve on-time performance, operational restructuring, reduction in costs etc. These steps have yielded positive results and helped the company stay afloat in the hard times. Jadhav is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who
belongs to the Karnataka cadre.
Vidhayakpuri police station of Jaipur gets best in Asia rating
The Altus Global alliance has announced Vidhayakpuri police station of Jaipur city South, Jaipur, Rajasthan as the best police station in Asia. From each police station that participated in police station visitor’s week 2009, the top police stations were identified. Top three police stations selected were studied in detail by a jury to help finalise the top police station. The Vidhayakpuri police station, with around one lakh people under it's jurisdiction is located in the city's southern flank and has been selected amongst the police stations of 211 cities in twenty countries like Bangladesh, Brazil, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia and Uganda. The best police station was finally selected by combining the people’s scores (police station visit) and the jury’s results, P S Vidhayakpuri received the highest combined scores and will be awarded Asia’s best police station in a Global award ceremony to be held in Abuja (Nigeria) on March 25 & 26, 2010. This
 was disclosed by Jose Mohan Superintendent of Police, Jaipur City South. He is an IPS officer of the 2002 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.Altus Global Alliance is a US-based agency that conducts annual surveys of all law-enforcement units and grades them on merit. It awards organisations across the globe working for public safety and justice. The lock-up cells at Vidhayakpuri police station are under 24-hour CCTV surveillance. A cappuccino machine has been installed at the station. The police barracks are well furnished and there are elaborate and well-maintained filing cabinets with separate colour codes for police files according to their status of investigation. The police station is equipped with a reception, personnel gym lawn, a plasma TV lounge and plush interiors.
Who is after Adanis ?
Corporate circles are surprised over the arrest of Rajesh Adani, Managing Director of Adani Enterprises, by the CBI and unable to make out that who is after Adani who is close to almost all power centres at Delhi.
Adani Enterprises is a part of the Rs 26,000 crore Adani group. Rajesh Adani was arrested on the charges of evasion of customs duty to the tune of Rs 80 lakh.
Madhya Pradesh officers decide to go by ‘rule book’
After the suspension of about half a dozen IAS officers in the state, officers in Madhya Pradesh have resolved to follow the ‘rule books’. This in other words means that they will not do anything beyond the rules on the directives of the Ministers.
Principal Accountant General (C&CA), Kerala transferred
S Nagalsamy, Principal Accountant General (C&CA), Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, has been transferred and posted as Principal Accountant General (Civil Audit), Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, Chennai.
Bureaucratic reshuffle in Orissa after Assembly
A major bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in Orissa after the budget session of the Vidhan sabha.
Ravi Bangar to move MEA Hqs
PMI Geneva Ravi Bangar has been moved to the MEA Headquarters. His successor is yet to be named.
Sixteen candidates in fray for NTPC top job
Altogether sixteen candidates are appearing for the interview to the post of CMD NTPC on Tuesday.
PFC Chief to continue
Aspirants can heave a sigh of relief. CMD of the Power Finance Corporation Satnam Singh is not appearing for the interview to the post of CMD NTPC. He is going to continue at the present post.
Ms. Shuchi Tyagi posted as SDO Ajmer
The Rajasthan government has posted Ms.Shuchi Tyagi, who was awaiting her posting orders, as SDO Ajmer. She is Rajasthan cadre IAS officer of the 2007 batch.
Appointment of CJ in HC stalled
As the grapevine has it, appointment of Chief Justice in one of the High Courts has been stalled because the concerning state’s Chief Minister did not agree to the incumbent in question.
23 IRS officers promoted as Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise
As many as 23 IRS officers have been promoted in the grade of the Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise and given fresh postings. They are Rameshwar Prasad Meena who has been promoted and transferred to CX-III, Kolkata, Pawan Kumar Sinha promoted and transferred to Customs(A), Ahmedabad, Mandalika Srinivas promoted and transferred to CX-III(A), Hyderabad, Pramod Kumar Agarwal promoted and transferred to Joint CDR, CESTAT, Mumbai, Ms V. Rama Mathew promoted and transferred to CX , Cochin, Ms Mallika Mahajan Sinha promoted and transferred to CX-V(A), Ahmedabad, Atul Dikshit promoted and transferred to Systems, Delhi, Pramod Kumar Singh promoted and transferred to CX-II(A), Mumbai, Hari Shankar Sharma promoted and transferred to TAR, Delhi, Vivek Ranjan promoted and transferred to DGEP, Delhi, Uma Shankar promoted and transferred to TAR, Mumbai, Ajay Dixit promoted and transferred to Customs (P), Tuticorin, Ms Hemambika R. Priya promoted and transferred to CX-IV(A), Delhi, Shyam Raj Prasad promoted and transferred to CX, Trichy, Ms B.V. Sivanaga Kumari promoted and transferred to Customs (P), Trichy and Shyam Singh Bhagat who has been promoted and transferred to ADG, Audit, Mumbai
12 Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise transferred
As many as 12 Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred. They are S.B. Singh from Customs (A), Ahmedabad to Customs, Ahmedabad, M. Vinod Kumar from CX, Cochin to Customs, Cochin, H.K. Thakur from Customs (P), Delhi to CX-I, Chandigarh, H.K. Chaturvedi from Systems, Delhi to Customs (P), Delhi, O.P. Dadhich from DGEP, Delhi to Customs (P), Jodhpur, C. Rajan from Customs, Chennai to DRI, Chennai, Arun Tandon from DRI, Chennai to CX-I(A), Chennai, T. Somasundaram from CX-I(A) Chennai to CX, Pondicherry, M.V.B. Rao from CX, Pondicherry to Customs, Chennai, Dr. Anup Kumar Srivastava from CX-II, Meerut to CX-I, Delhi, Dr. Vinod Kumar Goel from Service Tax, Kolkata to Customs (Import & General), Delhi and Dr Hemant A. Bhatt from TAR, Nagpur to CX, Shillong.

Transfers and postings in Railways (Updated)
Ajay Kumar Sher of JAG/IRSEE has been transferred from WR to be placed in selection grade,GV Narayana Murthy of SAG/IRSS has been on return from deputation transferred to ECOR and posted in the cadre,Sunil Kumar of SAG/IRSME has been transferred from ECR to NCR,Praveen Pradhan of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from CLW to SER in the same capacity and posted in the cadre, SK Agarwal of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from CR to RCF in the same capacity and posted as CEE(CHOD), Jagdev Kalia of HAG/IRSEE has been transferred from RCF to SCR, in the same capacity and posted as CEE, Sailender Tripathi of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from SCR to CLW in the same capacity and posted as CEE CHOD), MC Murli of SAG/IRSEE has been transferred from SR to NER in the same capacity and posted as CEE (CHOD).
DEBATE
Whispers’ debate- Should Petroleum sector adopt Public Sector bank style of selecting chiefs ?
There are reports that top brass in the Petroleum Ministry is toying with the idea of selecting CMDs & Directors in oil companies like it is presently being done in the case of public sector banks.
Will it be a wise step ?
Please mail in your response to:
suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com AND mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com
Joint Inspection of the encroached land
Information regarding encroachment on a particular road by Auto
Workshops doing repair & denting panting of cars was sought. The PIO
informed that encroachment have been removed from the said site. The
Appellant claimed that the encroachment removal has been done only on
paper and no encroachment has been removed from the site. The
Commission directed the PIO and the Appellant to jointly inspect the
site at a fixed time and date and make a report with their observation
and take photographs. The Appellant and the PIO were directed to sign
the observations as well as the photographs.
Comments
The order is remarkable for its novel use of the mechanism of Joint
Inspection. Such joint inspection by both the PIO and the appellant,
can be a solution to many of the problems being faced by the citizens
today, including encroachment of Public property.

[Mr. R.K. Nanda v. MCD, New Delhi in Decision No.CIC/SG/A/2010/000064/6855]
 Mrs . Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in)
Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION – LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann
(A new decision every Monday)

Holi-Movement  Holy-War

Dr. P.V. Jaganmohan, Divisional Commissioner, Aligarh last week attended a school function in Aligarh. On the way he saw huge dumps of green trees fell and kept in all squares (Chauraha and Tiraha) for Holi festival – burning of Holika (Holika Dahan).  He deeply felt this act of callousness as if children are massacred in public. He felt that in the present scenario of Global Warming , this cruel and blind act of cutting and burning of green trees to celebrate Holika Dahan should come to an end. Instead, dry trees and leaves could be burnt so that religious feelings and fervour were not prevented. He immediately called for meeting in which all  senior citizens of Aligarh and intellectuals participated and he put up the proposal to make it a public movement. He called it Holi Movement ignited from Aligarh, the birth place of Aligarh Movement spreading literacy among Muslims by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. This initiative and beginning of the movement (Holi
 Movement) by Dr. P.V.Jaganmohan, Divisional Commissioner, Aligarh caught fire among all school children and thousands of children took off processions to convey this message to entire U.P. and the country. He is an IAS officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.It is claimed  that even if 1000 M.T. of green trees are saved in Aligarh City and 100 M.T. green trees in every village it would amount to saving of about 200000 M.T. green trees only in Aligarh Division.One can think up of the quantity of green trees that have been saved for just one Holi Festival in a year which could run into lakhs of M.Ts. of green trees in entire U.P. and equal quantity in rest of Northern India."Let us join the Holy war against Holi tree felling" said Dr. P.V. Jaganmohan and added "save our country from blind deforestation in the name of celebration. These trees can make our environment better,  making our planet sustainable and can help this planet
 look greener, healthier  and less warmer. This approach will certainly make Holi festival more Holy." He said "it is requested that all the environmentalists, NGOs, Government Bodies and naturalists to spread this awareness among youths, students, teachers, religious preachers and common man.He also said this will be taken up as a movement in the North.

CORPORATE
Bank official arrested in Hyderabad
Vice-President of a multi-national bank in Hyderabad has reportedly been arrested.
Top brass in Indian Railways is a worried lot
As the grapevine has it, top brass in Indian Railways are a worried lot as far as paying 10 per cent of service tax to CBEC from next financial year was concerned. They are busy evolving a way out to protect Railways from paying the service tax. Otherwise, economy of Indian Railways will nosedive, said insiders in the Railway Board.
BSNL Cancels Rs 35,000 cr tender
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reportedly decided to scrap Rs 35,000-crore tender to procure equipment for 93 million new GSM lines.
Bhushan steel raided
Sleuths of Income Tax (IT) in course of raids on different establishments of Bhushan Steel early this week has led to highest disclosure of tax evasion in the country so far. It was put at the mark of Rs.502 crore.
SAIL to examine Malvika Steel Stamp Duty Notice legally.

Steel Authority of India Limited is examining Malvika Steel Stamp duty notice legally. Press reports had appeared to the effect that SAIL has not paid the stamp duty towards purchasing of the Malvika Steel, Jagdishpur. These reports are not correct. SAIL has received the notice only on March 6, 2010. Steel Authority of India Limited, a government of India company will pay whatever is legally due to the government of Uttar Pradesh. It may be noted that SAIL has not purchased this unit in the normal course of transaction. It was purchased through Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT). It is being examined whether the units which are purchased through DRT are liable to pay stamp duty. SAIL will meet all its obligations with regards to stamp duty once the legal issues are sorted out

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Kishenji says ‘by 2050 Maoists will be in control in Dilli’!!
It’s a threat that needs to be taken seriously even though it sounds silly!!
 
Sarkaar will have to use the carrot and the gun!!!
This is the only way this battle can be won!
 
Find out why are people going the Maoist way???
Why in the hands of Maoists do people play??
 
Looks like some hard decisions will have to be taken sooner than later!
Anyone who falls into their clutches becomes ‘India and Indians ka hater’!!
 
If they are anti progress then they should look at the land of Mao!!
On a study trip to China Kishenji please jao!!
 
And see how China is progressing!!!
How in actuality Mao’s communism is regressing!!
 
Sonia should not allow Mohna to have his way on the RTI!!
She should enforce her post which allows her the Right To Interfere or RTI!
 
That is if this is not just noora kushti which I get the feeling this could very well be!
Because in front of Sonia all Congressmen in their pants literally pee (so scared)!!
 
Though I said it could also be that now Mohna feels his PM days are ending!!
And he’s decided ‘ no more backward bending’!!
 
Sonia can praise Pranab but she’ll never replace Mohna with Pranab Da!!
And we all know why to Pranab Da as PM she’s said and continues to say ‘na’!
 
Pranab Da has the potential to become another Narsimha Rao!!
It’ll be like committing political hara-kiri … Pranab lao aur Sonia ko bhagao!
 
At one time Sonia had Shivraj at the top of her ‘PM seat warmer list’!!!
Maybe she can still make him PM and as his Deputy Rahul karr saktha hai assist!
 
Only problem is Shivraj’s image is pathetic and cannot be redeemed!!
Otherwise with him Rahul could have been teamed!!
 
I feel Pawar is a bad influence on Mohna … Sonia karro waar!!
Order Mohna ‘Only in my presence you can meet or talk on the phone to Pawar!!
 
And then there is Amar Singh!!
He calls up Mohna and 'bagaawat' ke songs into the phone he does sing!!
 
Speaking of Amar Singh hear he's going in for a hair transplant!!!
About 400 strands of hair on his bald khopdi they'll have to plant!!
 
He feels without a head full of hair in Bollywood he has no chance!!
And he's also taking lessons to dance!!
 
Very soon he may get Jaya Pradha to act opposite him in ' Neta ji'!!!!
As Neta Ji or the villian of the movie Prem Chopra you will get to see!!
 
You must have guessed Neta ji will be Mulayam's story!!!
For Mulayam the movie will be gory!!
 
Pakis says India has not demanded Sayeed's arrest!!!
And India's been asking for the extradition of this pest!!
 
Its a rogue Nation that we are dealing!!!
And its a rogues fitrat (trait) to indluge  'seena jorri after stealing'!!
 
Confucius says....Aman ki Aasha would be good if in Rogue land people had any say!!
Its the Army and the fundamentalists that rule the roost there and for Indians blood both bay!!

Bharat Kumar

Forum
(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)
Irony of arrest of CPMG
Irony of arrest of CPMG in this huge corruption scam is that it has infact enhanced the image of Postal Department in the public eye. Do I sound strange? You can see the result of this in the next year's preferences for civil services. Believe it or not the moment our candidates understand that there is scope of huge money to be made in the postal department as well, the preferences shall change. I may sound as negative or sarcastic but that is what is the reality of today. You can see it the way services are preferred these days and even within services how officers vie for certain posts which are so to say 'lucrative'. This trend is not unique to any specific service and is equally visible in IAS, IPS IRS etc. So now IPoS shall join the elite group and may we shall see the rise of the service in the spectrum of civil services.
MB
What is the justification ?
When public servants are appointed through a public examination conducted by an independent body and seniority is assigned as per merit in the said recruitment examination, there is no justification to rely on subsequent merit rating by a departmental promotion committee, members of whom, may or may not follow strictly all the factors mentioned in the related Recruitment Seniority Promotion Regulation overtly or covertly but rely on the ACR alone. ACRs in all public offices in India are not 360 degree appraisal but merely what the immediate boss likes to put about him depending on personal bias, likings, dislikings, whether member of his coterie, whether perpetrator in the link of corruption chain or a revolter etc. CAT's observation seems to have been hurriedly arrived at without considering these ground realities in India.
Kanchan Kumar Ssinha

Vested interests disregard seniority of others
There are set principles for governing seniority in a service or cadre. However due to vested interests of some of the members who are responsible for establishment matters , people play with the seniority list to their own advantage resulting in disputes and CAT cases which never get settled. As a result of such a dispute,1984 batch IOFS Officers are still crying for their promotion to SAG although about 80 posts in SAG are vacant.
K P Gairola
It looks strange!
It looks frivolous for me to see letters from some of your readers asking for conferring Bharath Ratna to Sachin Tendulkar. Other than England and Australia, Cricket is restricted to few ex-colonial and ex-slave nations and is not considered as a world sport. Even Olympics has not included it as a sport and even in England it is fifth or sixth in popularity. The commercial and advertising interests in our country have brain washed a whole generation making cricket the prime sports in India and an elitist symbol, killing all other real sports. It is the only ‘sports’ where countries like Bangla Desh and Sri Lanka can become world beaters and men who can not see their own toes become heroes.
N K Nair

Only TUs indulge in such mudslinging
Many voices are being aired, mostly by CSS, for creating unnecessary rift between CSS & CSSS. Let me make it loud and clear that it is only the union/association leaders who indulge in such mudslinging with the sole object to retain their positions in the representative body, otherwise I do not see any friction between CSS & CSSS. Both services are at par, however, with different line of profession.
Dharam

Attempt to remove corruption
Why we should not make attempts to remove corruption? It is the tendencies of A.K. Chaudhary and Nitin Sachdeva, which has led to birth of naxals, terrorists etc. world over. When people see that they are not getting what they are due for and people are ejoying much more than what is due to them then only the evil tendencies develop. If we go according the pessimistic views of the aforesaid two persons then one day we will see mob rule and ultimate doom of the society.
A Srivastava
Yes, but not IAS
Civil servants have specialized knowledge in their respective fields. While IPS is expert in law and order matters, IRS in financial and revenue matters and IAAS in analysing projects and schemes. To this extent they have experience like professionals. For example and IRS has same or better level of expertise than a Chartered Accountant who is a professional. Even GOI recognises it, as in tax tribunals both the IRS and CAs site as Members. So there is no reason why these officers having vast experience in respective fields should not be recognised as professionals.
But the same is not true in respect of IAS. They have in depth experience of no field. They are normally in administration where they manage the day to day affairs of government. Administration is not a field per se. Even if they work is some specific field like finance or infra or school as secretary, the tenure is hardly one or two years. Such a small experience doesn’t make a person expert in a field when you compare with a professional who worked in a field for life.
Shantanu Ghosh
It seems the extol and eulogy heaped upon the crown of the so called greatest ever Revenue Secretary are either by himself or by any of his any crony.Like old kings used to get their eulogies written by chamchas.Sorry,but this is the impression one gets on reading it.
A B Munde