The Associations of IAS and DANICS officers on Tuesday passed a joint resolution expressing concern over the manner bureaucracy is being treated by the political executives of Delhi Government and said that they expect that officers are treated with due respect they deserve and at least the minimum standards of courtesy is extended to them.
At a joint meeting, the associations have appealed to the political executives in the Delhi Government not to resort to misdemeanor, unfounded allegations, mis-information campaign against officers under any circumstance.
The resolution reads, “The officers of Government are prohibited from accessing to print, electronic and social media to defend themselves even when they are spoken against in an unreasonable manner. Repeated tarnishing of the reputation of bureaucrats without any sound basis, if continues unabated will lower the morale of the entire bureaucracy. This will cast a shadow on the functioning of the Government and in the long run prove detrimental to governance in Delhi. It is fair and just to expect from the political executive of Delhi Government that officers are treated with due respect and they deserve and at least the minimum standards of courtesy is extended to them”.
According to resolution, there have been instances of political executive of the Delhi Government passing uncharitable, derogatory, insulting and humiliating remarks against some senior officers during meetings and in various print, electronic and social media. Some officers have narrated the difficulties they had faced and the humiliation they had been subjected at the hands of political class for no fault of theirs. It was also noted that in one case unconditional apology from a political executive was demanded by the affected officer.
The associations noted that this avoidable trend of humiliation of officers has been causing irreparable agony and anguish to the officers’ concerned and their hard earned reputation has been subjected often to trial in various means by the political executives.
Over four dozens IAS and DANICS officers attended two hours long meeting at Gandhi Darshan complex near Rajghat.