After the Union Territories Cadre IAS Officers’ Association had raised its strong objection to the character assassination of a civil servant in public, the Central IAS Officers’ Association has called a meeting on Monday to discuss the ongoing controversy over the appointment of Shakuntala Gamlin as Delhi’s acting Chief Secretary.
A senior officer, who is also the member of the association, said that it has decided to hold its executive committee meeting on May 25. The meeting will also discuss all the issues affecting the governance and administration, and ultimately public policies, programmes and delivery systems.
The association, which represents 4,802 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers working across the country, will take a resolution on the deliberations after its meeting, said the officer.
Accusing Gamlin of favouring power distribution companies, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had opposed the responsibility given to her by lt Governor Najeeb Jung.
later, the Union Home Ministry had issued a notification giving absolute powers to the l-G in appointment of bureaucrats and clarifying that he need not “consult” the Chief Minister on subjects like police and public order. Following which the Aam Aadmi Party-led Government has called a two-day emergency session of the Delhi Assembly from Tuesday to deliberate on the Centre’s notification.
Recently, the Union Territories Cadre IAS Officers’ Association had registered its strong objection on the Gamlin issue, saying “the character assassination of a civil servant in public” was unacceptable.
Gamlin, a 1984-batch IAS officer of Union Territories cadre, has been appointed as acting Chief Secretary due to absence of leave of K K Sharma. Gamlin is Principle Secretary (Power) in Delhi Government.