The controversy over AGMUT cadre IAS officers getting key departments in UT during deputation seems to be turning into a major crisis as two Haryana Civil Service (HCS) officers, Anubhav Mehta and Rakesh Sandhu have refused to join the Chandigarh administration. They had been selected out of the six names sent by the Haryana government after interviews for deputation in Chandigarh just a few days back.
It has jolted the Chandigarh administration which is already grappling with the problem of scarcity of officers. The UT administration is said to be planning to raise the issue in the Northern Zonal Council’s (NZC) standing committee meeting, scheduled to be held in Chandigarh on Oct 25.
Interestingly, Punjab and Haryana also seem to have decided to raise the issue of the step-brotherly treatment meted out to their officers during deputation by the Chandigarh administration at the Northern Zonal Council’s standing committee meeting. These states allege that the AGMUT cadre officers are nudging out Punjab and Haryana Civil Services officers in getting key departments during deputation.
The entire issue has created a perplexing situation. Now, the issue of getting officers from Haryana has to be raised with the Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator in order to sort it out immediately.
