Sixth Pay Commission: 13 IAS officers to miss promotions this yr

Chandigarh, August 27 AS many as 13 bureaucrats in Punjab are unlikely to get their promotion to the super time-scale grade

this year. All of them of the 1993 and 1994 batch were eligible for the scale on completion of 14 years of service in the

IAS.
However, a norm laid down in the recently announced Sixth Pay Commission comes in the way of giving these bureaucrats the

super time scale, sources said. Bureaucrats of the 1994 batch are now likely to get the super time-scale grade two years

later in 2010, while the 1993 batch is expected to get their promotion scale next year.

An officer, requesting anonymity, said, “The Pay Commission report mentions that the 14-year cut-off date for eligibility to

the super time scale has been withdrawn. This means that these two batches, which were eligible for the scale this year, will

now have to wait longer.”

Besides a higher designation, the grade would have meant that officers get the pay-scale of a secretary-level officer, said a

source. There are as many as nine IAS officers of the 1994 batch and another four of the 1993 batch who are unlikely to get

their grade this year. Officials say the 14-year norm was brought down from 16 years early this year.

The 1992 batch officers, as many as nine in Punjab, are likely to get the super time scale this year as their case will be

considered independently, said sources. The case is pending approval from the Chief Minister.

In Haryana, IAS officers of the 1992 batch have already got the promotion scale. The state government recently cleared

promotions of 1983 batch IAS officers to the rank of principal secretary. Those who benefited from the decision were Suresh

Kumar, Principal Secretary, Power; Navreet Kang, Principal Secretary, Employment Generation, and J.S. Sandhu, FC Appeals.

Another cadre issue has been disturbing the 1975-batch officers. Senior officials say the recent guidelines of the Union

government make it mandatory for officers to have served at least one tenure in the Centre on deputation to become eligible

for the next promotion.

This year, the 1975 batch is eligible for empanelment. However, the recent norm, which is being resented, may act as a

dampener for those seeking empanelment as joint secretary.

Sources said the case of four IAS officers of the 1995 batch, who are eligible for selection grade, is also yet to be

approved. Similarly, five young officers of the 2004 batch are awaiting promotion to senior time scale on completion of four

years of service. This is the cadre review year. Against a sanctioned strength of 193 (including 135 direct and 58 promotion

posts), there are just 173 IAS officers in Punjab.

The eight officers of the 1994 batch who are likely to be affected include Vikas Pratap, Alok Shekher, D.K. Tiwari, Bala

Murugan, Tejvir Singh, Ram Lubhaya Mehta, Dr Aravinder Singh, V.K. Sharma and D.S. Grewal. The 1993 batch includes Anurag

Verma, Rakesh Kumar Verma, K.S. Prasad and Ramesh Kumar Ganta.

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