Friday, April 15, 2011

KARNATAKA OFFICERS WITHOUT OFFICES: Sitting idle at public's expense

After Irom Sharmila last year, Anna Hazare wins IIPM's 2011 Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize of Rs. 1cr. To be handed over on 9th May

Officers sans jobs continue to draw government salaries

Seven officers of the rank of chief engineer in the Department of Public Works, Ports and Inland Water Transport in Karnataka are drawing their salaries sitting idle at home for the last several months. Jagannath Reddy Patil, CV Patil, Mahesh Hiremath, RP Kulkarni, Ganesh, BY Jumnal and Jayachandra are the officers who are not attending office because the government has not given them any postings. But each of them is getting full salary which is around Rs.75,000 per month. While Jagannath Reddy Patil is without charge from the last one-and-a-half years, the rest are waiting for postings for the last six months. It should be noted that none of the officers is facing any disciplinary charges.

It is not that there are no vacancies to accommodate them. Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Command Area Development Authority (CADA) together have four vacant posts. Karnataka Housing Development Corporation and Bagalkot Development Authority and Infrastructure Project each have one vacant post.

Moreover, in the Public Works Department itself the additional secretary post reserved for a chief engineer is vacant. All these vacant posts are currently being managed as additional responsibilities by other officers who are also holding their own posts. But these officers do not have the authority of taking major decisions. The extra burden and no authority are not only affecting the quality of the development work, it's also causing delays.

J Satyanarayan, Assistant Engineer in the department tells TSI, 'All the seven chief engineers are forced to sit idle at home just because of internal contradictions.' In a meeting on August 5 a resolution has been passed to fill the vacancies. The recommendations have been sent to Chief Minister YS Yeddyurappa. The authority of creating a post and deciding its power and jurisdiction rests with the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms. Since this department is with the chief minister, he has to take the final call on it. Sources in the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms have confirmed that the process to fill up the vacant posts has begun. But nobody knows when it will be completed.

For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.
IIPM Marches Ahead in B-School Rankings...
IIPM in sync with the best of the business world.....
IIPM BBA MBA Institute: Student Notice Board

Indian universities and higher education institutes seem to be caught in a time warp teaching things
The hunt for hostel and paying guest (PG) accommodation for students
Best Colleges for Vocational Courses in India
INDIA'S BEST COLLEGES, INSTITUTES and UNIVERSITIES

No comments: