Officials stated on Wednesday that nine non-BJP-ruled states have objected to the Centre’s proposal giving it overarching authority to decide on federal deputation of IAS personnel, while eight others may have granted their permission. They noted that states and union territories who have not yet replied to the plan to amend the applicable service regulations would receive a notice shortly. Authorities added that Odisha, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Rajasthan had spoken against the revisions. While the nine states objected to the proposed changes, claiming that they would undermine the country’s federal structure, the Centre supported its plan, claiming that the states are still not allocating enough IAS officers for deputation, which is causing problems, according to authorities.
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According to references in the Department of Personnel and Training, there has been a tendency of reducing IAS officer depiction at the Centre, up to the joint secretary level, as most states are not going to meet their Central Deputation Reserve (CDR) commitments and the number of staff endorsed by them to start serving at the Centre is much lower. Officers in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) are assigned to a cadre, which consists of one or more states or states and union territories. For the officers’ central delegation, existing procedures provided for reciprocal engagement. On December 20, 2021, the DoPT wrote to the chief secretaries among all state governments, followed by reminders on December 27, 2021, and January 6 and 12, 2022. The Centre’s right to override the states’ disagreements on sending the officials on deputation is mentioned in the January 12 letter to states.
