Major reshuffle sparks reaction in admin
BPATC rector plans voluntary retirement
The Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre rector, Md Delwar Hossain, who has been made chairman of the Land Reforms Board, has decided not to join the office having the rank of joint secretary.
He has planned to go on voluntary retirement under the Public Servants (Retirement) Act 1974 if the government's decision on his posting was not changed, a BPATC official told New Age on Wednesday.
The government on Tuesday transferred 21 secretaries and made four of them officers on special duty at the establishment ministry.
Before assuming office of the BPATC rector, Delwar had worked as secretary to the land ministry for six months from January 2009.
He came to be discussed in various quarters for his efforts to check irregularities and streamline administrative functions under the land ministry, which is believed to have caused his transfer to the BPATC.
Officials closed to the senior bureaucrat said Delwar had felt insulted as he had been transferred to the position of the rank of a joint secretary where even additional secretaries were posted for dumping.
He was secretary to the land ministry and the Land Reforms Board was under his jurisdiction. 'This is unethical and also injustice to his position,' said a secretary.
The administrative
reshuffle was made amid allegations that the bureaucracy had plunged into sluggishness, affecting routine activities in various areas and also tarnishing the image of the government.
The reshuffle, which coincided with the Election Commission's preparations for holding local government polls by year end, sparked mixed reactions in the bureaucracy as the people dumped to less important position or made officers on special duty are believed to have been sidelined for their political leaning.
The fisheries and livestock secretary, Sharful Alam, land secretary Md Ataharul Islam, implementation, monitoring and evaluation division secretary Md Abdul Malek and Planning Commission member Nasiruddin Ahmed were made OSDs on Wednesday.
Delwar was supposed to go on leave preparatory to retirement on December 19, 2011.
According to the law, a public servant may opt to retire from service any time after 25 years in service by giving a notice in writing to the appointing authority at least 30 days before the date of the intended retirement.
http://www.newagebd.com/2010/oct/21/front.html
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