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While informing posting of APCS officers as Directors in the Directorates also hindered the framing of ‘Recruitment Rules’ of the affected Departments, DSOAA demanded fair and equal opportunity for induction to IAS cadre from Directorate officers for a balanced career progression among all officers of the state. DSOAA also highlighted that many circles in the state were facing shortages of APCS officers to run the administration and APCS officers ought to be posted as administrators rather than being posted as Directors at the Directorates.
DSOAA further reasoned that by the time an APCS officer as Director learns the job profile and working system of the line department in a year or two, he or she is posted out on transfer or promotion. In this way, posting of an APCS officer not only hinders promotional avenues of departmental officers, but it also derails the smooth functioning of the department.
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Citing there was a cabinet decision on 13th July 2017 to en-cadre seven Director posts of the Departments of Industries, Tourism, Rural Development, Department of Tirap, Changlang and Longding, State Institute of Rural Development, Civil Aviation, Department of Karmik and Adhiyatmik, DSOAA appealed the chief secretary to issue an order to this effect.
Further, DSOAA also appealed the chief secretary to post Departmental officers as Directors in the Departments of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Land Management, Information Technology, Health Services, Panchayati Raj, State Transport, Civil Supplies, Disaster Management, Art and Culture, National Rural Health Mission, Housing and Urban Local Bodies. Further, DSOAA also pointed out that Department of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship had been manned by its departmental officer as Director for the past 8 years but the recent posting of an APCS officer as in-charge Director denying promotional avenue of the Joint Director with 30 years of service experience had demoralized and demotivated other officers of the concerned Department.
Pointing out posting of two Directors in a Department would be contradictory and unhealthy, DSOAA appealed to repeal the creation of 10 posts of Directors for Administration, Finance and Policy created vide No.PERS-105/2017 in 2018.
While appealing the chief secretary to take the confidence of all state Govt. employees before implementing the Bagra Committee Report submitted way back in 2013, DSOAA also appealed to strengthen all gazette level officers by the expert committee constituted to strengthen the APCS cadre services.
The DSOAA delegation will also meet the Chief Minister and submit the memorandum for growth and welfare of the largest platform of state Govt. employees in the state.