‘If this government has a right to inquire into controversial decisions of previous government so has the next government,’said a senior bureaucrat adding they are ready to run but will never jump the procedures. ‘There are several procedural roadblocks in decision-making created to safeguard the government decisions. If any inquiry is ordered in any case, the decision is first scrutinised in the light of established procedures,’ said a top officer of the government.
The government has so far missed two the deadlines for Jan Lokpal Bill, which it had promised to deliver first on 27 December 2013, then by 15 January and now the third deadline has been extended by by the first week of February. ‘The Bill needs the nod of central government before being presented in Delhi assembly. It’s on Central government when they give their consent. I am not sure if it will be delivered before the new deadline,’ said a senior officer concerned with drafting the bill adding the draft bill is, however, almost ready. The same is the case with Swaraj Bill. The officers also revealed that the chief minister has never consulted them before giving any deadline for any promise concerned with their department.
The officers of the concerned departments are tightlipped on whether the chief minister will be able to honour his one month deadline to resolve the issues of contractual employees in his only Janta Darbar on 11 January. ‘It’s a very complicated issue. If even a single contractual employee is made permanent, the government will have to regularise all the employees on that basis,’ said a top-level officer of services department. In addition to these major issues, the officers are finding it tough to meet the deadlines given to address grievances of individual applicants as a majority of them have led faced roadblocks.
The government has so far missed two the deadlines for Jan Lokpal Bill, which it had promised to deliver first on 27 December 2013, then by 15 January and now the third deadline has been extended by by the first week of February. ‘The Bill needs the nod of central government before being presented in Delhi assembly. It’s on Central government when they give their consent. I am not sure if it will be delivered before the new deadline,’ said a senior officer concerned with drafting the bill adding the draft bill is, however, almost ready. The same is the case with Swaraj Bill. The officers also revealed that the chief minister has never consulted them before giving any deadline for any promise concerned with their department.
The officers of the concerned departments are tightlipped on whether the chief minister will be able to honour his one month deadline to resolve the issues of contractual employees in his only Janta Darbar on 11 January. ‘It’s a very complicated issue. If even a single contractual employee is made permanent, the government will have to regularise all the employees on that basis,’ said a top-level officer of services department. In addition to these major issues, the officers are finding it tough to meet the deadlines given to address grievances of individual applicants as a majority of them have led faced roadblocks.