A sense of ennui seems to be developing among the senior IAS officers serving under the Mohan Yadav government in Madhya Pradesh. This is perhaps the reason why 17 IAS officers opted to proceed on central deputation during the last year, with only three returning to the state.
Recently, the Centre’s Personnel Department issued an order for the deputation of another IAS officer, Avinash Lavania, to the Centre. Besides, two secretary-level officers, Swatantra Kumar Singh and Abhishek Singh, are also trying for central deputation. They have submitted applications for it.
Two other secretary-rank officers, Shriman Shukla and John Kingsley, were also trying to move to the Centre but failed to get postings there.
Those who have already moved to the Centre on deputation include Preeti Maithil, Priyanka Das, Sofia Wali Faruqui, Tarun Pithode, and Ajeet Kumar. Chandramohan Thakur, Pankaj Jain, Neeraj Singh, Tanvi Sundriyal, Praveen Singh Adhayach, Nikunj Shrivastava, Gyaneshwar Patil, Pawan Sharma, Bakki Karthikeyan, Harsh Dikshit, and Anuradha P.
The three officers who returned to the state are Vishesh Garhpale, Ashish Bhargava, and Ruhi Khan. Garhpale is the only officer holding the secretary rank.
There are precisely two reasons behind this trend. One reason is to enhance the chances of empanelment in the government, as the officers are required to work for two years as directors, after which they are empanelled for the post of joint secretary. But the second reason that sounds more plausible is the lack of good postings and exposure in the state government.
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