The Civil Services Board’s annual report to the Centre exposes systematic violation of the two-year minimum posting norm, with officers shifted in weeks.
Khandwa District Collector Rishav Gupta and District Panchayat CEO Dr Nagarjun B. Gowda have dismissed the row as fake and generated by confusion over portal.
Prakash took VRS in 2024 after he found himself without a posting in Naidu govt. He says he was also denied central deputation, reflecting on politicisation of Indian bureaucracy.
Since the formation of AAP govt in 2022, several senior officers have often been kept without postings for months, for reasons which have never been clearly spelt out.
Mundhe had faced 23 transfers in 20 years, but his Nagpur posting remains the most contentious, still causing headaches for the IAS officer five years later.
Decision on the petition could have far-reaching consequences on a practice that isn’t uncommon across the country, and has been a flashpoint between IAS and IPS officers.
We select individuals capable of becoming Formula One drivers. Then we give them rickety Maruti 800s on potholed roads and expect championship lap times.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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