State short of 37 IAS officers

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Neena Sharma

Tribune News Service

Dehradun, December 8

There is a shortage of 37 IAS officers in Uttarakhand against the total authorised strength of 120, badly affecting governance in the state.

Only nine officers are working against the 21 posts of super time scale and four officers above super time scale.

Most of these officers have been given the responsibilities of more than two departments and are even burdened with the additional post of director in some cases.

The Chief Minister Harish Rawat has already written to the Central Government to relieve the officers on Central deputation from the state cadre who have completed three years of deputation. 'We are awaiting response from the Central Government,” said Principal Secretary to the CM Om Prakash .

In Uttarakhand, out of the sanctioned strength of 120 IAS officers, 83 posts have been filled, but out of 83 posts, 16 IAS officers are on Central deputation. As such the state is being served by only 67 IAS officers.

Out of the sanctioned strength of 60 senior duty posts, 41 posts are filled, while out of 26 sanctioned strength for Central deputation posts, a total of 16 posts have been filled. While out of the sanctioned strength of 10 junior duty posts, 10 posts are currently filled in the state and 16 posts of IAS officers have been filled through deputation from other states.

The government has recently relieved Secretary to the Chief Minister Nidhi Mani Tripathi, who was on deputation from Manipur.

Significantly, around three officers have not joined the Uttarakhand cadre and continue to serve in Uttar Pradesh.