Not only Durga, 2,000 UP senior officials transferred in 18 months
7 Aug 2013 4:23 AM IST
Even as the suspension of IAS official Durga Shakti Nagpal hogs national limelight, there are hundreds of bureaucrats and police officers in Uttar Pradesh who perform and perish at the whims and wrath of their political masters.
The malice does not stop at the top level. Middle rung officers like inspectors, sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs) and city magistrates are shunted from one post to another, within days, like a ping pong ball.
A look through the transfer orders issued by the Akhilesh Yadav government shows that more than 2,000 senior police and administrative officials have been transferred in the last 18 months.
Officials like Shalabh Mathur, a young police officer, has seen four postings in six months. Officials in various departments are suspended, at times without being told why.
‘All of us know that when A government is formed (in UP), who will be handpicked for top jobs and who will get plum postings when B party comes to power,’ a disgusted senior IAS officer said
He cited the case of Lucknow district magistrate Anuraag Yadav, who has no problem despite several communal clashes in the state capital.
The malice does not stop at the top level. Middle rung officers like inspectors, sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs) and city magistrates are shunted from one post to another, within days, like a ping pong ball.
A look through the transfer orders issued by the Akhilesh Yadav government shows that more than 2,000 senior police and administrative officials have been transferred in the last 18 months.
Officials like Shalabh Mathur, a young police officer, has seen four postings in six months. Officials in various departments are suspended, at times without being told why.
‘All of us know that when A government is formed (in UP), who will be handpicked for top jobs and who will get plum postings when B party comes to power,’ a disgusted senior IAS officer said
He cited the case of Lucknow district magistrate Anuraag Yadav, who has no problem despite several communal clashes in the state capital.
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