Jharkhand: Promotion of a State Civil Service Officer has Created Quite a Stir
GG News Bureau
Ranchi, 13th Oct. The Central Government has promoted 40 Jharkhand Public Service officials to the rank of IAS. Gopalji Tiwari, a controversial State Bureaucrat, is among those who have been inducted into the IAS cadre.
Gopalji Tiwari is accused of corruption, and the Jharkhand Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has asked Chief Minister Hemant Soren for permission to file a regular FIR of disproportionate assets against him.
Earlier, the Jharkhand government recommended Gopalji Tiwari and 119 other state civil service cadre officials for promotion to the IAS cadre. Balkishun Munda, AK Satyajit, Shekhar Jamuar Shailesh Kumar, and others are also on the recommended list.
A senior official of the state government said, “A couple of days back the list of the officials was sent to the Union Public Service Commission. There were 40 vacant posts of IAS for which 120 names have been sent which is three times the actual number of vacant posts. The recommendation has been sent year-wise. Promotion is done on the basis of the career record of the concerned officials. A committee consisting of the chief secretary of the state, a senior IAS and a representative of the UPSC decides the promotion.”
