Government sometimes exhibits a bizarre style of functioning. The case of extension given to IAS officer Anindita Mitra (IAS:2007:PB) can be cited as an example.
Mitra, a Punjab cadre IAS, was given an inter-cadre deputation from Punjab to AGMUT and posted as Municipal commissioner in Chandigarh administration. Her term ended on August 22, and hence she was given a warm farewell by colleagues of the Corporation. Mitra was expecting to get an extension and waited for it till late in the evening that day, but no order was issued. Finally, she left for her home cadre-Punjab.
After a month, she gets a letter by the central government informing her that she is given a three-months extension as the Municipal Commissioner in Chandigarh. Interestingly, the letter by the central government comes when one month out of the three months of extension has already passed.
It means that, effectively, she gets only two months of extension, but is supposed to serve for a three months term, thanks to the surprising way of the government’s functioning.
