HC Notice to Centre, UPSC on IAS scarcity

The Jharkhand high court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and the Union public Service Commission (UPSC) on the crisis Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers in the state.

Taking a suo motu cognizance, the court directed the chief secretary of the state in April to file a detailed affidavit regarding sanctioned strength of IAS and total number posts in the state.

On behalf of the state government, advocate general Anil Sinha filed an affidavit on Monday informing the court that the total sanctioned strength of IAS including direct recruit and the promotees is 210 against which only 77 officials are placed.

Talking to TOI, Sinha said the state had recommended to the UPSC names of 22 officials of the state service for promotion to IAS rank which has been pending.

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Courtesy: The Times of India