Able & talented Raj IAS await Central deputation!

Jaipur: For the past some time, Rajasthan cadre officials are eagerly awaiting central deputation as well as being empanelled, and picked for posting. This is a story of eight IAS officials.

The recent issue is of empanelment on the post of Additional Secretary. After the review meeting, the Appointment Committee of Cabinet, on April 24, took out approval order for IAS of 1995-97 batch for Additional Secretary post. But in this, our three officers - Shikhar Agrawal, Dinesh Kumar and Rajesh Yadav’s names were missing. Among these, it was a surprise for the entire Rajasthan cadre officials that Rajesh Yadav was not considered. Rajesh had gone to Delhi in March 2022 after becoming JS. Generally, a JS serving in Delhi for one year is empanelled for the post of Additional secretary, & yet Rajesh Yadav was left out.

Similarly, Shikhar Agrawal (1993 batch) and Dinesh Kumar (1996 batch) returned to Rajasthan cadre after serving at the Centre as DS and JS. Both the officials are eagerly awaiting their empanelment for the post of Additional Secretary. Several review lists have been released, and yet, even in the latest review list, both the officials have been left. Whereas, their junior IAS of 1995 batch are already working on the post of Additional Secretary.

Moreover, capable, meritorious & brilliant officer of 2006 batch, Gaurav Goyal’s non-empanelment has also been considered a surprising and uncommon development whereas, his batch mate IAS, in other state cadres, have been empanelled.

Now let us talk about posting and appointments. People have not forgotten how long Sudhansh Pant had to wait for becoming Secretary. 1993 batch IAS Sandeep Verma is awaiting a call from Delhi for the post of Additional Secretary and the state government has given its NOC nearly six months back. In this time, three lists for appointment on the post of Additional Secretary have come, but Sandeep’s name featured in none of them, which is a surprise.

Similarly, it has been long time since Praveen Gupta, Ajeetabh Sharma and Subeer Kumar were issued NOC for becoming JS, but no one knows the reason why these officials are not being picked. Whereas, Praveen and Ajeetabh’s batches have been freezed because officials junior to them, have become Additional Secretary. In terms of ability and talent, our IAS are second to none, and the cases of Sandeep and Shikhar are utmost serious.