UP govt wants OF ITS HONEST OFFICERS
NEW DELHI: In an attempt to keep its promise of providing corruption-free governance, the Yogi-led Uttar Pradesh government is mulling to recall its talented and honest officers serving outside the state on deputation.
According to sources, a letter in this regard has been written to the Centre by the UP government requesting the cadre controlling department to prepare a list of officers willing to serve in their parent cadre after consulting with officers. Besides, the officers of UP cadre have also been asked to send their willingness to the state directly.
“As Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath led BJP government is committed to take firm steps against corruption, the proposal to recall officers with clean record would be a major step in the direction to overhaul the ‘old' system. The officers serving on deputation in the Centre and other states have been requested to send their consent to the DOPT at earliest,” the sources said.
According to the sources, the officers, who were forced to leave the state during Akhilesh Yadav regime due to “political interference” are the first choice of the government. “As there is a new regime in UP, IAS and IPS officers are also coming forward to contribute their role in the state's development. There are several officers who had sought central deputation during Akhilesh Yadav regime due to some ‘obvious' reasons,” the source said, adding that the only objective behind the move is make UP a crime free and corruption free state.
At present there are about 88 officers of UP cadre on central deputation. The Centre has requested to shift officers like OSD to Agriculture Minister Durga Shakti Nagpal, senior IAS Avnish Awasthi, who had also served as Gorakhpur DM, Mines Secretary Balvinder Kumar, etc to their parent cadre.
Recently, Adityanath had said that officials with clean and honest image would get key postings in the state. “All out steps will be taken to curb corruption for which working will be made transparent in all the state government departments and schemes,” the Chief Minister had said.