The Jharkhand government has shortlisted names of 120 officials of the state civil services cadre for their promotion to the IAS cadre. Sources in the government confirmed the development and said that recommendation has been sent to the Union Public Service Commission for their promotion.
“There are 40 vacant posts of the IAS against which recommendations have been sent to the UPSC. Recommendation is three times more Against existing vacant posts, three times more names are recommended. The selection is done on the basis of the career record of the concerned official. If any official in the recommended list is facing any criminal or departmental proceeding same is mentioned to the UPSC also,” said a senior official of the state government.
Another official said that three years back some official of the state civil service cadre were promoted to the IAS rank. After that no recommendation was sent. Usually when an officer complete 15 years in service he is eligible to apply or to get recommended for promotion in the IAS rank.
A panel consisting chief secretary of Jharkhand, a senior IAS official and one from UPSC takes final decision on the promotion. The officials who have been recommended for promotion are Gopal Ji Tiwari, Bal Krishna Munda, Shekhar Jamuar, Shailendra Kumar, AK Satyajit and others.
A criminal inquiry is pending against Gopal Ji Tiwari at the Anti-Corruption Bureau. He is currently posted at the agriculture department and also served as OSD of the present chief minister Hemant Soren.
There is provision of similar promotion for officials who are not from state civil service. They have to appear in the assessment and examination consisting 100 marks. 50 marks are awarded for the career record and rest of the marks are left for written examination.