Injustice to OMG

[DEVOLUTION GEEK]

Yet again, injustice is going to be done to OMG in order to favour political appointees.
Source : The News

REFORMS IN CIVIL SERVICE TO FAVOUR POLITICAL APPOINTEES.

The scheme will allow inductions in senior grades, BPS-19 and BPS-20, specifically in the Secretariat Group from the provinces and other occupational groups, primarily to allow swift promotions to politically backed officers of other services, well-placed sources told.
Interestingly, it is the Secretariat Group, which is being targeted again and a summary is likely to be moved from the Establishment Division in the next few days, allowing 10 percent quota for the direct inductees from the provinces and 10 percent from other occupational groups against the posts of deputy secretaries (BPS-19) and joint secretaries (BPS-20) into the Secretariat Group.
Establishment Secretary Rauf Choudhry confirmed that a proposal was under consideration, but no decision had been taken so far. The sources said that during a meeting held in the Cabinet Secretariat on May 16, 2011, the cabinet secretary took a strong exception to the proposal, saying it would ruin the structure of civil service.
The sources said that the Balochistan chief minister had requested that officers from his province should be given quota in the federal services under the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan Package to minimise the frustration among the people of the province.
�Using the Balochistan request as a pretext, it has been decided to allow induction into the Secretariat Group against the posts of deputy secretaries and joint secretaries from all the provinces and other occupational groups as well,� the sources said. There is no mention of induction into the Secretariat Group alone in the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan package.
The sources said had it been restricted to Balochistan alone, every person would have appreciated such an offer. But because a strong occupational group was given tough time by the provincial services officers in the Punjab, therefore, they had also included other provinces in the package to give a ray of hope of promotion to the provincial officers.
According to the working paper prepared by the Establishment Division, available with our sources, 10 percent vacancies of deputy secretaries (BS-19) in the Secretariat Group may, henceforth, be reserved for induction of regular BS-19 civil servants of all the four provincial governments, the AJK and Gilgit Baltistan and persons in BS-19/equilavent in the service of its attached departments, autonomous bodies/semi autonomous bodies/corporations on the basis of merit/provincial/regional quota.
The paper also suggests that an additional 10% vacancies of DS (BS-19) in the Secretariat Group may also be reserved for induction of BS-19 regular officers of all the Federal Occupational groups/cadres and the persons in BS-19/equivalent in the service of Federal Autonomous/semi-autonomous bodies/corporations/organisations. A similar working paper was also prepared for the Joint Secretaries (BS-20), the sources maintained.
Some officers have expressed serious concerns over such a plan and one has even written that if the said proposals were implemented, there will be a plethora of legal complaints against the Establishment Division. Sources said that there are lot of officers having political background who have convinced the prime minister to approve such a change in the civil service rules.
The son-in-law of a former federal minister, who is at present serving in the EOBI, is among the front runners to get inducted into the Secretariat Group and get a swift promotion. Sources also pointed out that a mid-level officer of Nepra who hails from Multan also wants himself to be appointed in BPS-20 during the PPP government because of his close association with the men in power.

[Natiq]

This has a silver lining too,
1. Provincial officers will get quota in federal, which they deserve.
2. Officers of other groups than OMG and DMG will have it more easier to serve in Secretariat Group, which they should be allowed even more freely than this 10% quota. OMG and DMG had too much clout in Secretariat Group unjustly.

Despite this, I agree with you, the actual problem outweighs these merits.

[SDM]

I agree with Natiq ,the decision is justful and healthy and will bring some relief for the officers of Provincial Unified Grades and Federal Unified Grades.

[555]

No doubt, there should be induction from provincial services and private sector but why not in DMG and other federal services? No share of DMG is mentioned in federal secretariat but they are occupying more than 90 percent of secretaries' slots. believe me, they know little about policy making at such a highest level.

[mir hamid]

Yes indeed the mighty dmg ians have done yet again injustice to the OMG. This is sheer injustice...

[DEVOLUTION GEEK]

This step is only taken to favour political appointees. it will not change much for provincial civil servents as they have already taken more than their designated seats in the district of Sindh, KP and balochistan as most of the DCOs there are from PCS/PMS.
In Punjab, the situation is different because a large number of DMGs vie to serve in Punjab. But still, the 10% quota will remain insubstantial for PMS officials
According to my sources in the establishment division, this lateral entry sccheme is designed for political proteges rather than any regular civil servent but unfortunately, OMG officials will suffer the most.

[Hamza Salick]

Originally Posted by 555

No doubt, there should be induction from provincial services and private sector but why not in DMG and other federal services? No share of DMG is mentioned in federal secretariat but they are occupying more than 90 percent of secretaries' slots. believe me, they know little about policy making at such a highest level.

if u were in DMG u would never say so..'They know little about policy making'..lolz..grapes are sour

[ayezzaS]

Originally Posted by hamza_salick86

if u were in DMG u would never say so..'They know little about policy making'..lolz..grapes are sour

well brother...
To me atleast..foreign service is the ONLY service which i completely adore but still am happy enough that i'l get allocated in OMg iA..major general owais asked me d reason behind my inclination towards the civil service..i told him i wanted to be a POLICY maker..he said:then OMG is the best option...so dmgians are supposed to be the mighty or not that mighty district administrators and hence 555 brother ain't that wrong infact!

[Hamza Salick]

Originally Posted by ayezzaS

well brother...
To me atleast..foreign service is the ONLY service which i completely adore but still am happy enough that i'l get allocated in OMg iA..major general owais asked me d reason behind my inclination towards the civil service..i told him i wanted to be a POLICY maker..he said:then OMG is the best option...so dmgians are supposed to be the mighty or not that mighty district administrators and hence 555 brother ain't that wrong infact!

Well sis..
The name DISTRICT management group doesn't do complete justice to this group..coz more officers of this group serve in secratariats and ministries than the districts itself..
When I told RBD that I wanted to go into DMG he said to me that why do u want to be a policy maker from the start??
Make no mistake about the fact that i would have been very happy even if i was in OMG..I hold nothing adverse against OMG and it was infact a little higherup than usual on my preference list..I just disagree to 555 on the fact that DMG people know nothing about policy maiking..Come on,they are trained for this..

[ayezzaS]

Originally Posted by hamza_salick86

Well sis..
The name DISTRICT management group doesn't do complete justice to this group..coz more officers of this group serve in secratariats and ministries than the districts itself..
When I told RBD that I wanted to go into DMG he said to me that why do u want to be a policy maker from the start??
Make no mistake about the fact that i would have been very happy even if i was in OMG..I hold nothing adverse against OMG and it was infact a little higherup than usual on my preference list..I just disagree to 555 on the fact that DMG people know nothing about policy maiking..Come on,they are trained for this..

i agree broGOD bless you...