GOOD GOVERNANCE AND THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SERVANT

Good governance is to run any institution in proper defined manners towards positive objectives. It is the main cause of success of any department. While in public administration, people always need to be driven by some leaders who lead them. Because public is busy in their personal affairs and they are required to be driven. So the public servants are the only trained and nature permanent leaders who other than the political leaders, govern the public towards definite scopes.
Without public servants, the nation become headless and the departments become dead. Despite all these importance of the servants, they face many hurdles in carrying their tasks.
In the case of democracy, when government my decision then these are implemented through the public servants who work as hands of the government.
The basic governance of the government is based upon the constitution of the country. This constitution is made working through the servants they make it running smoothly. When the people get adapted to it then it becomes easy for the public servants to run it. But when a new ordinance or role is implemented then it is the work of the public servants to make it followed. So without the services of public servants, a government becomes paralyzed. Just as Marriage Ordinance in Punjab was tried to be followed, so that one dish may be observed in marriage parties celebrations, but it is not the public who so obedient who follow the ordinance just announced. It is necessary to be given a push through the servants so that the orders of the government get followed. but to make the orders a decisions to be followed is the basic element of good governance. But even after the announcement of the marriage ordinance by Chief Minister, it was not followed. so the instructions were given to Police officials and commissioners to make the ordinance to be followed. When they kept a check on it then all the marriages started to observed under these rules. Then the public started to arrange any marriage then hey used to say that there were strict orders about one dish and it must be followed (Sakhti ho gai ha jee one dish ki). The marriage halls managers and owners were also given instruction that they must follow the ordinance. So all was done with the effort of public servants, but when the CM was changed then the ordinance remained same but the public servants were told by the new body to quit the ordinance and instructions given by the pervious CM.
So the ordinance just became wording on papers. The rule/ordinance and constitution when sketched and approved by the government is just only words, but when the government tries to implement it when in the hands of government only it is just an announcement. But when it reaches in the hands of the public servants then it becomes a real ordinance who make it to be followed. So when the fate again gave the chance to the same CM with one dish marriage thoughts he again realizing the importance of public servants tried to get their services and again the unconscious ordinance became a real ordinance and started being followed. Secrete departments like CID were given the tasks to make the instruction followed by the government and they started reporting and keeping check on marriage ordinance, rates of fertilizers, rates of breads (Roti) according to the announcement of the CM. So the ordinance again became alive.
So the life of the governance is these public servants. Public servants are the souls in the body of governance.
When there are foolish decisions taken by the si called leaders (politicians) and state of muting is observed in a state then a big burden falls directly on the shoulders of public servants. Mostly in these circumstances the political leaders do not think about the public and just find the way to save their own steins. But the public servants never make the public to feel orphan and wrap then in protection of their governance.
It is the patience and selflessness of these souls that they bear the harshness and rages of the public and draw out the public from these harsh situation towards a definite and proper direction.
So it is the role of the public servant to maintain coordination between government and the public. As he is a spokes man of the government therefore a great responsibility lies on his shoulders. Sometimes wrong decisions are also taken by the government. In this state of delirium a public servant must have decision making capability and should create his own way n which the orders of the government get followed and public also be given protection.
There is another way trial which the public servants have to face is the recommendations by seniors, higher officials and political leader or feudal or people with much power for their personal benefits to do any work against merit. In this state the public servant comes under a big pressure and his seat is seem by him in a doldrums. In this state the seat of the servant becomes hot for him and he comes under a big difficulty. So in this state he should take help from his higher reliable authorities.
In this state his decisions do matter. He should judge the matter through his own eyes and should brief his higher officials about the problem and justify about the right side, so that help of his higher officials be obtained by him. In this way his burden will be shifted partially from his shoulders and there will be more chances to support right and given it protection.
When being posted in any region then the public servant should take the media in his confidence so that he never get entrapped, by politicians for their personal benefits through infamy created by media.