@candidatespsc

The previous position according to DMGs is as follows:

"It was felt that ground rules must be laid very clearly as to which posts the CSPs may hold and which may be filled in by other officers. Since the matter was between the federating units, who had voluntarily accepted the idea, so a second conference of governors and chief ministers of the four provinces was held in 1954 with the then Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Bogra, in the chair. The statesmen agreed on 729 posts in Pakistan (including the then-East Pakistan which is the present-day Bangladesh, as the Prime Minister too belonged to our Eastern wing) were reserved exclusively for the CSP while quota was apportioned for other posts [i.e. 80% of the Commissioners, 50% of the Deputy Commissioners and 10% of the Assistant Commissioners were to be CSP’s in each province; the rest to be filled by the provincial cadres]. This agreement is called the CSP Cadre & Composition Rules 1954, which governs the APUG service quotas to date. The police service rules were made much later in 1969 and updated and revised in 1985. Despite the provisional rules of 1993 providing for revision of the 1954 formula, no updated rules have so far been framed.

The CSP (Composition & Cadre) Rules, 1954 pre date all the three Constitutions of Pakistan, and stand protected under the constitution. Being a solemn agreement between the Federation and units, no side can unilaterally change them even through a constitutional amendment unless this gets approved by the provinces etc."

So this so-called CSP (Composition & Cadre) Rules, 1954 has even been made superior to the 1973 Constitution by our DMG friends. (You should note that DMG was previously known as CSP and like in present day all CSS-qualified officers were not called CSPs).

The so-called CSP Cadre & Composition Rules 1954 which in any case should have come to their logical end after 1973 reforms when CSP was abolished and replaced by DMG, have also been challenged by the PCS Officers Welfare Association vide Constitutinoal Misc Applications 66, 67 & 68/2010 filed by the PCS Officers' Associations of Punjab, Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

@anwaartheravian

I have just read Kunwar Idris's article after you pointed it out. The naked support he has expressed for the DMG surprises me despite his past affiliation to that group. Perhaps people in their self-interest and ingrained biases, tend to behave differently. The crux of his article was the following:

"The grievances of the PCS officers may be legitimate and their aspirations justified. But they must not compare their career path and promotion prospects with the DMG — the District Management Group which, though much diminished in worth and authority, is still a successor to the Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) and before that the fabled Indian Civil Service of colonial times."


So essentially what he is arguing is that just because DMG is a successor to the fabled Indian Civil Service of colonial times, the demands of PCS Officers albeit legitimate and justified must be thrown in the dustbin. Also, because it used to happen in his father's time to PCS, so PCS Officers should not expect things to improve now and that they cannot consider themselves as equal to DMG. What a joke!

Has anyone considered why it is only the DMG which is having troubles with PCS Officers as well as other CSS-qualified occupational groups? Previously, some of them tried to get ambassadorial postings (e.g. Dr. Jehanzeb Khan, President DMG Officers Association sought to become Pak's ambassador to France) and only a threat of writ petition by the Foreign Secretary resulted in him backing off. Present Chairman of Wapda Mr. Shakeel Durrani with no experience in water and power is from DMG. So is the Chairmen of FBR and Railways with no experience in taxation or commercial transportation. DMGs tend to usurp 60% BS-22 seats in the Federal Secretariat despite being smaller in size to OMG and IRS. Previously, there was a tug of war between PSPs and DMGs on the issue of devolution and Police Order 2002. Recently, Salman Siddique, Chairman FBR while attending the Central Selection Board meeting deliberately delayed the promotions of Pakistan Customs and IRS Officers to BS-21 so as to benefit DMGs during distribution of Secretariat Group seats. Are you aware that no seat in the Ministry of Commerce or Ministry of Industries and Production has been encadred for officers belonging to Commerce & Trade Group? When they work in these two lucrative Ministries which are most relevant to their job description, they are considered on deputation! This is just to enable DMGs to get choicest postings in these Ministries. Since, the mandatory training for promotion is controlled by DMG-dominated Establishment Division, deliberate efforts are made to keep the number of participants from occupational groups other than DMG on the lower side.

So, it is not the PCS Officers who are at the receiving end of DMG, it is almost all service groups and it is high time that people should stand up for their rights and attempt to rectify these wrongs.