A war has broken out between Haryana IAS and IPS officers.
Following the objection raised by a Haryana Assembly panel to the promotion of 15 IAS officers as additional chief secretaries (ACS), a section of Haryana IAS officers questioned the silence of MLAs on the existence of nine DGPs against two sanctioned posts in the state. A section of DGPs, on the other hand, claimed the ACSs enjoyed higher salaries than them.
The Assembly committee had objected to promotions of 15 IAS officers to the Chief Secretary's grade by promoting them to the post of ACS from Principal Secretary without approval from the Centre.
The PAC, headed by BJP's Panchkula MLA Gian Chand Gupta, has sought a report from state chief secretary D S Dhesi within three months on the basis of a CAG report, which in 2014 had pointed out that "the appointments were made without constituting the Screening Committee resulting in irregular expenditure of Rs 5.37 crore". This calculation was made for a period of six years (2007-2013) when there were 5-12 ACSs against the sanctioned posts of two and three during different periods.
IAS officers believe that the calculation of Rs 5.37 crore doesn't seem correct. It seems the auditors have termed entire expenditure involving salary and all other facilities given to the ACSs as irregular expenditure. While the fact is that the almost equal salary and perks are enjoyed by these officers even when they work as Principal Secretary.
It is pointed out that when the IAS officers were given the Chief Secretary's pay grade (Rs 80,000) by promoting them to the post of ACS from Principal Secretary, they had already reached at the pay scales of Rs 79,000. If all facilities are calculated, even then there won't be more different than of few thousands in the case of each IAS officer.
IPS officers believe that though nine IPS officers have been promoted to the post of DGPs, they still get lesser pay scales (Rs 75,000) in comparison to ACSs' scale which is Rs 80,000.
It is learnt that theCAG is likely to look into promotions of DGPs also.
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By IndianMandarins - 2017-07-10 13:23:46
A war has broken out between Haryana IAS and IPS officers.
Following the objection raised by a Haryana Assembly panel to the promotion of 15 IAS officers as additional chief secretaries (ACS), a section of Haryana IAS officers questioned the silence of MLAs on the existence of nine DGPs against two sanctioned posts in the state. A section of DGPs, on the other hand, claimed the ACSs enjoyed higher salaries than them.
The Assembly committee had objected to promotions of 15 IAS officers to the Chief Secretary's grade by promoting them to the post of ACS from Principal Secretary without approval from the Centre.
The PAC, headed by BJP's Panchkula MLA Gian Chand Gupta, has sought a report from state chief secretary D S Dhesi within three months on the basis of a CAG report, which in 2014 had pointed out that "the appointments were made without constituting the Screening Committee resulting in irregular expenditure of Rs 5.37 crore". This calculation was made for a period of six years (2007-2013) when there were 5-12 ACSs against the sanctioned posts of two and three during different periods.
IAS officers believe that the calculation of Rs 5.37 crore doesn't seem correct. It seems the auditors have termed entire expenditure involving salary and all other facilities given to the ACSs as irregular expenditure. While the fact is that the almost equal salary and perks are enjoyed by these officers even when they work as Principal Secretary.
It is pointed out that when the IAS officers were given the Chief Secretary's pay grade (Rs 80,000) by promoting them to the post of ACS from Principal Secretary, they had already reached at the pay scales of Rs 79,000. If all facilities are calculated, even then there won't be more different than of few thousands in the case of each IAS officer.
IPS officers believe that though nine IPS officers have been promoted to the post of DGPs, they still get lesser pay scales (Rs 75,000) in comparison to ACSs' scale which is Rs 80,000.
It is learnt that theCAG is likely to look into promotions of DGPs also.
