The much awaited bureaucratic reshuffle which was expected to take place soon after Holi, has not come yet, keeping the fraternity in anxiety and within the feeling of restlessness. Some of the officers who has come from deputaion from centre were also awaiting to be posted besides few whh had been transferred but not relieved from their present postings.
According to sources a major reshuffle bureaucratic reshuffle was in offing but even two weeks after the Holi it was not forthcoming till now. The delay in the exercise has also made the waiting a little longer for those who have come back to the state from deputation and given their joining in the Appointment Department. Among these included three principal secretary ranked officer namely Arun Singhal, leena Nandan and Hemant Rao.
Also waiting for the posting is A.K.Joshi who has come from Uttarakhand alomost amont back. However the case of Joshi is a little different as he is 1977 batch IAS officer while the Chief Secretary Javed Usmani belongs to 1978 batch. It is obvious that Joshi has to be posted outside the secretariat but the million dollor question is what is in offing for him.
The president of the Provincial Civil Service Association Chakrapani is also in waiting list while promoted IAS officer Arvind Narayan Mishra who is secretary Finance was waiting to be relived to join as Commissioner Food Security and Medicine Administration Department, the post to which he was transferred almost a month back. The case of DMN Kanpur Mahendra Prasad Agrawal is no different who had been transferred a couple of months back as Housing Commissioner but could not join there he was not relived yet.
The sources claim that due to the balancing act on the part of the government the expected reshuffle was getting delayed though it might arrive at any moment. It is believed that there were sharp differences of opinion on several posts and individuals among those who are viewed as decisive players in the functioing of the government.