Ramkrishan Upadhyay
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 18
Finding it difficult to intervene in the selection process for the post of the Special Secretary, Finance, the Chandigarh Administration has turned down the request of the Punjab Government to withdrawn the name of Varun Roojam from the Ministry of Home. Sources said the administration had conveyed its helplessness to the government.
Continuing with its flip-flop over the selection of officers, the Punjab Government had asked the Administration to withdraw Roojam’s name from the panel sent for the appointment of the Special Secretary, Finance, on deputation recently. This was the sixth time in the recent past that the government had changed its mind over the selection of the officers. Earlier, it had withdrawn the name of KK Yadav, whose name the Administration had sent to the Ministry of Home for the appointment of Special Secretary, Finance.
At that time, the Administration had acceded to the request and called back the name from the Ministry of Home and sent Varun Roojam’s.
Sources in the Administration said it would be very difficult for the Administration to tell the Ministry of Home to stall the selection process. An officer said the entire process was tough.
Punjab did the same thing with the panel of the Finance Secretary when the government sent the panel of the officers twice. This has also happened with the panel of the SSP when the government recalled the panel when one of the officers faced an inquiry.