Delhi is deadlocked in an ensuing war of supremacy between two cadres of IAS officers – DASS and DANICS. The dispute is over 217 posts. DASS cadre officers lay their claim to these posts while DANICS officials say these posts are meant for them.
Now this fight has reached the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The association of DASS (Delhi Administration Subordinate Service) officers has written to the MHA seeking its intervention in the matter.
The letter, written by DASS Officers Association president Pradeep Kumar Mishra, argues that senior officers of the cadre have been waiting for promotions for years and are due to retire shortly so justice should be done to them. Besides, everything has been processed.
But, DANICS (Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service) officials are staunchly opposing this demand.
Virtually this fight has root in a decision of the High Court in 2023, which allowed the creation of 217 new posts for promoted DASS cadre officers. The DANICS officers had moved a petition in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) against the HC order saying these posts had been created for their cadre. Since then, the matter has been pending. Whatever be the outcome, in the midst of this whole controversy, the plans of the Delhi’s newly-formed Rekha Gupta government may get adversely affected.
