Shah Faesal, former IAS officer who had quit Government service in January 2019 to don the political hat, is all set to occupy the 'hot seat' soon after receiving the formal posting orders. Faesal had resigned to protest 'unabated' killings in Kashmir and marginalisation of Muslims.
According to the website of the Jammu and Kashmir General Administration Department (GAD), "Shah Faesal is currently awaiting orders of posting in the GAD".
The website was updated recently. Earlier, the website claimed, "The officer has submitted his resignation which has been forwarded to the DOPT, GOI for acceptance”. There was no mention whether his resignation had been accepted or not.
Till date no one in the Department of Personnel Training had clarified on the reasons behind not accepting his resignation for so long. In between RTI applications were moved to know the status of his resignation but no concrete reply was given to the applicants either.
Interestingly Shah himself dropped clear hints late Wednesday evening about his possible homecoming as he posted a series of comments on his twitter timeline.
In one of the tweets Shah wrote, "I turn 39 next month. And I'm really excited to start all over again".
Recollecting his previous actions, Shah also posted, "8 months of my life (Jan 2019-Aug 2019) created so much baggage that I was almost finished. While chasing a chimera, I lost almost everything that I had built over the years. Job. Friends. Reputation. Public goodwill. But I never lost hope. My idealism had let me down". In another tweet he wrote, "But I had faith in myself. That I would undo the mistakes I had made. That life would give me another chance. A part of me is exhausted with the memory of those 8 months and wants to erase that legacy. Much of it is already gone. Time will mop off the rest I believe".
"Just thought of sharing that life is beautiful. It is always worth giving ourselves another chance. Setbacks make us stronger. And there is an amazing world beyond the shadows of the past. I turn 39 next month. And I'm really excited to start all over again".