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Tamil Nadu government today opposed the 'in-principle' approval accorded for change in method of recruitment by the Union Public Service Commission.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister narrated it 'ill considered half-baked reforms'.
In the letter J Jayalalithaa today urged the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to reconsider the decision as it would impact the administrative relations between the Centre and the States.
Jayalalithaa said she had received a letter from the UPSC indicating that the Centre has approved 'in-principle', the change in method of induction of State Service Officers into the All India Services and calling for a meeting to finalise the syllabus for the Common Written Examination on April 26.
“It is indeed surprising that, on a matter of great importance which can impact Centre-State administrative relations such as the mode of recruitment into the All India Services, there is no formal communication to the States from the Ministry of Personnel, which functions directly under you”, said in the letter.
We have to learn that an 'in-principle' decision has been taken from the UPSC ex-post facto, and ostensibly for the purpose of endorsing and operationalising the unilateral decision, it was further said.
She added, the Second Administrative Reforms Commission had recommended such a common examination for induction of State Civil Service and other officers into the All India Services, the Indian Administrative Service Recruitment Rules, 1954, provide for recruitment into the Service by three methods, namely, by a competitive examination as the primary method; through the promotion of members of State Civil Services; and by selection, from the holders of gazetted posts in the State Government.
She said in the case of the Indian Police Service and Indian Forest Service, apart from the open competitive examination, recruitment was permitted by promotion from the State Police and Forest Services.
All the three rules accord an important role to the State Government in the process of recruitment by promotion or selection. In our view, these methods of recruitment have served the Country and the State of Tamil Nadu well over the past several decades,'' said the Chief Minister.
Jayalalithaa said the prospect of promotion and selection to the All India Services based on performance in the State Services has served as a powerful incentive to such officers to perform effectively in their jobs and to serve the State and its people.
Further, the members of the State Services are selected through a rigorous and highly competitive examination conducted by the Tamilnadu Public Service Commission. They have also been selected on the basis of the state specific reservation policy, the sanctity of which is also preserved when they are inducted into the All India Services.
“In this context, Tamil Nadu strongly opposes the short-sighted recommendation of the second Administrative Reforms Commission to have a common competitive examination conducted by the UPSC for the induction of State Service officers into the All India Services”, said the Chief Minister.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister narrated it 'ill considered half-baked reforms'.
In the letter J Jayalalithaa today urged the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to reconsider the decision as it would impact the administrative relations between the Centre and the States.
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She added, the existing pattern of induction into the All India Services should be retained, and the Union Public Service Commission may be directed not to proceed further with the preparatory work for such a common examination.
Jayalalithaa said she had received a letter from the UPSC indicating that the Centre has approved 'in-principle', the change in method of induction of State Service Officers into the All India Services and calling for a meeting to finalise the syllabus for the Common Written Examination on April 26.
“It is indeed surprising that, on a matter of great importance which can impact Centre-State administrative relations such as the mode of recruitment into the All India Services, there is no formal communication to the States from the Ministry of Personnel, which functions directly under you”, said in the letter.
We have to learn that an 'in-principle' decision has been taken from the UPSC ex-post facto, and ostensibly for the purpose of endorsing and operationalising the unilateral decision, it was further said.
She added, the Second Administrative Reforms Commission had recommended such a common examination for induction of State Civil Service and other officers into the All India Services, the Indian Administrative Service Recruitment Rules, 1954, provide for recruitment into the Service by three methods, namely, by a competitive examination as the primary method; through the promotion of members of State Civil Services; and by selection, from the holders of gazetted posts in the State Government.
She said in the case of the Indian Police Service and Indian Forest Service, apart from the open competitive examination, recruitment was permitted by promotion from the State Police and Forest Services.
All the three rules accord an important role to the State Government in the process of recruitment by promotion or selection. In our view, these methods of recruitment have served the Country and the State of Tamil Nadu well over the past several decades,'' said the Chief Minister.
Jayalalithaa said the prospect of promotion and selection to the All India Services based on performance in the State Services has served as a powerful incentive to such officers to perform effectively in their jobs and to serve the State and its people.
Further, the members of the State Services are selected through a rigorous and highly competitive examination conducted by the Tamilnadu Public Service Commission. They have also been selected on the basis of the state specific reservation policy, the sanctity of which is also preserved when they are inducted into the All India Services.
“In this context, Tamil Nadu strongly opposes the short-sighted recommendation of the second Administrative Reforms Commission to have a common competitive examination conducted by the UPSC for the induction of State Service officers into the All India Services”, said the Chief Minister.