Out of the 309 sanctioned strength of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service (DANICS) officers for Delhi government, 83 are in senior level and 226 are in junior level.
Against the sanctioned strength of 83 DANICS officers in senior level, the Delhi government has been given 86 officers -- three officers in excess, a Home Ministry officer said.
Out of the 226 junior level posts of DANICS officers in Delhi, currently 82 officers are serving, resulting in 144 vacancies.
As many as 35 vacancies in junior level are on account of non-induction from feeder cadre i.E., Delhi Administrative Subordinate Services (DASS) to DANICS for which the Delhi government allegedly has not sent proper proposals since 2013, the official said.
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At present, 44 officers recruited through UPSC are undergoing training and they will be available for posting after completing training.
The Delhi government has recently issued several advertisement in newspapers that the central government has not provided adequate officers to Delhi government thus hampering the work.
Countering the claim that more bureaucrats were given to
the Andaman and Nicobar Island administration than the required, the Home Ministry official said sanctioned strength of DANICS officers in Andaman is 28 but 19 officers are currently serving there, resulting in 9 vacancies.
Six posts of DANICS officers in senior level have been lying vacant in Andaman for more than one-and-half year.
Accordingly, to meet the requirement of Andaman administration eight DANICS officers, five of whom in senior level, have been transferred from Delhi government to Andaman.
"To say that there are more than required number of officers in Andamans is factually incorrect," the officer said.
Besides, five DANICS officers have been transferred from outlying areas to Delhi government. Four other DANICS officers are awaiting posting by the Delhi government.
"When there is shortage as claimed in the advertisement, it is not understood as to why the services of these four officers are not utilised," the Home Ministry officer said.
"It is not understood as to how 30 officers have been spared by the Delhi government for deputation if indeed there was acute shortage of officers as stated in the advertisement," the official said.