Central govt. officials petition Cabinet Secretary, PMO on career stagnation
The Central Secretariat Service Forum, a body of Central government officials, on Thursday appealed to the Prime Minister's Office, urging expeditious action on long-pending cadre restructuring, delayed promotions, and the denial of benefits of Organised Group A Services (OGAS).
In its appeal, the forum urged the Prime Minister to direct the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to finalise the fourth cadre review, initiate time-bound promotions, and restore service parity with other Central Civil Services.
The CSS, which provides the administrative core to nearly all Ministries and Departments, has not seen a cadre review for at least seven years. The last cadre review was implemented in 2018 with a five-year delay. The fourth cadre review, due in 2018 has not yet been implemented with a delay of 7 years and counting, said the forum letter to Cabinet Secretary T.V Somanathan.
The letter said that post-2014, there has been inordinate delay in finalisation of report, let alone implementation adding that there are nearly 2,500 vacancies in the CSS.
The forum highlighted that Under Secretaries who are eligible for promotion are facing acute stagnation as they are waiting for promotion even after completing 12 years of service in the grade against the prescribed residency of five years.
Similarly, officers of the 2014 batch of Assistant Section officer Grade in CSS are awaiting for their first promotion even after completion of 10 years of service.
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