New Delhi: Hope for magic for hundreds Central Secretariat Service ,css) Officers who are agitating against not getting promotion, Department of Personnel and Training (Department of Personnel & Training) has sought a legal opinion from the Attorney General of India on going ahead with the issuance of its promotion orders despite pending court cases in the matter.
Sources told TOI that the DoPT with the approval of the junior personnel minister Jitendra Singh, wrote a letter to the Attorney General on Tuesday saying that it was ready to resume promotion due to CSS officers. “We have sought legal advice to go ahead with the promotion, as many cases are pending in the courts, notably” Supreme court, Once we get the green signal from the AG, the promotion for CSS officers can be resumed,” said a senior government official.
The DoPT has favored timely promotions for CSS officers, who are considered to be the backbone of the bureaucracy and institutional memory, as delays lead to several vacancies, forcing an officer to hold dual charge, the official said. does, thus affecting administrative efficiency. In fact, Jitendra Singh had approved promotions for nearly 4,000 CSS officers three years ago despite pending court cases. However, this led to more court cases.
“CSS officers, many of whom became eligible for promotions 5-6 years back, some even retired without promotion, their morale is broken due to lack of career advancement. That is why the DoPT has now approached the Attorney General for legal advice to go ahead with the promotion orders despite the challenges pending in the court,” said an official.
CSS Forum, a consortium of CSS officers, has been coercively taking up the matter with the government through petitions, protests and even social media campaigns. There are about 1,800 vacancies at the level of Section Officer, Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Director and Joint Secretary against the sanctioned strength of 6,210. In addition, there are over 2,700 officers working on ad-hoc promotions.
Sources told TOI that the DoPT with the approval of the junior personnel minister Jitendra Singh, wrote a letter to the Attorney General on Tuesday saying that it was ready to resume promotion due to CSS officers. “We have sought legal advice to go ahead with the promotion, as many cases are pending in the courts, notably” Supreme court, Once we get the green signal from the AG, the promotion for CSS officers can be resumed,” said a senior government official.
The DoPT has favored timely promotions for CSS officers, who are considered to be the backbone of the bureaucracy and institutional memory, as delays lead to several vacancies, forcing an officer to hold dual charge, the official said. does, thus affecting administrative efficiency. In fact, Jitendra Singh had approved promotions for nearly 4,000 CSS officers three years ago despite pending court cases. However, this led to more court cases.
“CSS officers, many of whom became eligible for promotions 5-6 years back, some even retired without promotion, their morale is broken due to lack of career advancement. That is why the DoPT has now approached the Attorney General for legal advice to go ahead with the promotion orders despite the challenges pending in the court,” said an official.
CSS Forum, a consortium of CSS officers, has been coercively taking up the matter with the government through petitions, protests and even social media campaigns. There are about 1,800 vacancies at the level of Section Officer, Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Director and Joint Secretary against the sanctioned strength of 6,210. In addition, there are over 2,700 officers working on ad-hoc promotions.