Centre has now dropped the empanelment rule for central deputation of DIG-level IPS officers
Whistleblower Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who has the dubious distinction of being one of the most transferred babus in the country (54 times), has been promoted to the apex scale of chief secretary after 30 years of service. This is remarkable considering that he has constantly been at odds with practically every political dispensation in the state.
But there is something even more remarkable going on in Haryana. Mr Khemka is not alone to get promoted to the apex scale — six other IAS officers of the 1991 batch, too, were promoted, raising the total number of such officers to 20! Besides Mr Khemka, the officers are Vineet Garg, Anil Malik, Ms G. Anupama, A.K. Singh, Shrikant Walgad and Abhilash Likhi.
Given that Haryana has a total cadre strength of 205 posts, including 44 posts earmarked for central deputation, the concentration of so many babus at the top of the state hierarchy should raise questions.
The Indian bureaucracy has often been called “top-heavy”, and not without reason. The Haryana example is not unique — apparently, this trend has become more pronounced throughout the country. Observers point out that this is a distortion — going by the book, the state government cannot have more than six IAS officers in the apex scale. But clearly, it suits governments to ignore the rules.
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