Concerned over the sudden suspensions of civil servants, the representatives of three All-India Services associations on Monday demanded changes in rules in this regard to check any such abuse of power by state governments.
The demand was made by representatives of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS) associations at a meeting with secretary of department of personnel and training (DoPT) S.K. Sarkar. They also demanded that the powers of suspending an officer be taken back from the states and be delegated to the Centre.
The meeting came in wake of the sudden suspension of Durga Shakti Nagpal, a 2010 batch IAS officer, by the UP government on July 27. “We had a meeting with the secretary DoPT and we have said that the delegated powers to the states are being misused rather abused. That is why the rules should be revisited and necessary amendments should be made,” said Sanjay R. Bhoos Reddy, secretary of IAS officers’ association.