The recent transfer of senior Karnataka cadre IAS officer Harsh Gupta (IAS:1997:KN) is creating a buzz on social media, evoking a sharp reaction against it. Gupta was recently transferred from the post of Principal Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department without being given a new posting. But what has stirred reactions on social media is the fact that this is his 30th transfer in his 28-year-long bureaucratic career.
This has happened despite the Chief Secretary of the state issuing instructions that no officer will be transferred without being offered new postings. It has led to people criticizing the transfer with strong comments.
Social thinkers are questioning government action while asking if this was the fate of an honest IAS officer.
Author Kuchchangi Prasanna remembers Gupta’s commendable works, saying Harsh Gupta brought in revolutionary changes in transfer systems of doctors in the health department and also introduced the practice of counseling in it. Yet he was transferred the 30th time without a new posting.
While describing him as an honest officer, Prasanna questions his repeated transfer and rues if this was the fate of an honest officer.
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