Sisodia orders secretaries of his dept to submit status of pending proposals every week
Escalating the ongoing tussle between the Delhi government and the bureaucrats, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia ordered the secretaries of his departments to submit status of pending proposals by Monday every week.
The order comes two days after IAS and DANICS associations announced that officers would only maintain written communication with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ministers until Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal apologises for the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash. Citing Rule 17 of Transaction of Business Rules (1993), Sisodia ordered the principal secretaries (education) and secretaries (art, culture & languages) on Thursday to submit statements to him on proposals and matters and their expected time-line every week.
He has sought an update on 41 matters from the Department of Education and 89 matters from Department of Art and Culture.
“Merely stating its pendency with another department will not suffice. If any matter is pending, then it is the responsibility of the secretary to find out the current status and give the reasons for the delay,” he said in his order to the Secretary of Department of Art and Culture.
The officers, however, feel that the order has been put out to target them. “Submitting a report is not a problem but this long list of issues proves that he is trying to target the officers. We will submit the report on time but will not attend any meetings,” said a senior IAS officer.
The bureaucrats of the Delhi government have decided to observe a five-minute silence every day until action is taken against the accused involved in manhandling the Chief Secretary. Starting from Thursday, the officers took a break of five minutes from their work and continued avoiding meetings with the AAP ministers. The bureaucrats have sought time from the Minister of Department of Personnel Training (DOPT) on Thursday.
For the last two days, IAS and Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service (DANICS) are not holding meetings with Delhi ministers, including Chief Minister Kejriwal to protest the alleged assault on Prakash.
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