The power corridors are agog with whispers about the public sparring between a 1981 batch Secretary and a 1985 batch lady Additional secretary. Both are said to turn personal and rude/abusive especially the Secretary. His subordinates have complained to the Cabinet secretary since in the name of Civil Services Day, he has cancelled all leaves and is pushing his staff to the limits. Women staff are said to be terrorized by both officers in equal measures. The behavior of the secretary has demotivated the lady additional secretary: she's lost all interest in work and has outsourced her responsibilities. It is said the bulk of the departmental work has been handed over to private firms like BCG and ASCII. The secretary aspires to make it as Cabinet secretary one fine morning. But the circumstances reminds people in power corridors that similar story played out in the MHA some time ago when both the secretary and the AS were moved out simultaneously for public squabbles.