The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), which trains IAS officers in Mussoorie, may go for comprehensive reforms in its teaching structure by incorporating administrative law in its curriculum.
Additional Solicitor General Satya Pal Jain, appearing on behalf of Union government, informed the Punjab and Haryana High that “LBSNAA already has faculty for administrative law and is open to further improvements.”
The HC had asked the Centre to explain why the subject of administrative law, particularly the principles of natural justice, should not be mandatorily incorporated into the curriculum of IAS trainees. The issue cropped up after the court found deficiencies in the orders issued by senior IAS officers in the matter involving employees of Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd under the Haryana government.
The HC lashed out at the “let court decide” attitude prevalent among the PSUs, boards & corporations due to which the executive authorities issue adverse orders against employees which often leads to litigation.
