Patna: Twenty-five Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers have been promoted by the Bihar authorities as further secretaries on Tuesday (July 26). Of those, 14 officers have retired whereas two are lifeless. The promotions have been lengthy pending, and this meant that a number of folks – who lastly secured the promotion – have been already retired, and in a few instances, died! Based on information studies, the promotion of all 25 officers was pending since 2016-2017.
Two of these promoted died of Covid-19 final 12 months
Vijay Ranjan and Rameshwar Pandey, who’ve been promoted, handed away final 12 months as a consequence of Covid-19. They have been promoted to the rank of further secretaries, with impact from January 2017. Other than the duo, 14 officers received the promotion however they’ve already retired now. A senior officer, who handles transfers and promotions within the Basic Administration Division (GAD) of the Authorities of Bihar, reportedly advised media homes that the promotions of the 25 IAS officers have been pending for a very long time as a result of non-completion of some formalities.
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14 retired officers get promoted
Checklist of officers who received promotions after retirement embrace Rakesh Mohan, Dayanand Mishra, Raj Kumar Sinha, Shyam Kishore, Arun Kumar, Om Prakash Pal, Nivedita Rai, Jaishankar Prasad, Pankaj Patel, Manoj Kumar Jha, Krishnanand Singh, Vimlesh Kumar Jha, Rishidev Jha, Sanjay Kumar Singh, and Prabhu Ram.
Those that have retired could be given arrears of the increment of their wage, stated the GAD official; in relation to the pension of the deceased officers, it might be revised with the stipulated date, reported The Hindustan Occasions.