By PTI
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala on Sunday urged the Centre to drop the transfer to convey amendments to IAS (Cadre) deputation guidelines, saying it’ll create “fear psychosis” amongst civil service officers to implement the state authorities insurance policies.
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan stated the current deputation guidelines are themselves closely loaded in favour of the Union and bringing in additional stringency will weaken the very root of cooperative federalism.
“The proposed amendments in the Deputation Rules of All India Services will definitely induce a fear psychosis and an attitude of hesitancy among All India Service Officers to implement policies of a state government, which are formed by party/parties politically opposed by the ruling party at the Centre,” Vijayan stated within the letter.
He stated the Kerala authorities is of the opinion that “these proposed amendments” could also be dropped.
“In our federal set-up, the state governments are on a par with the central government as both of them are elected by the people, though the division of authority in the Constitution does give the Union jurisdiction over a wider range of subjects.”
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan writes to PM Modi to drop the Centre’s proposed modification to IAS Cadre Rules”The present deputation rules are themselves heavily loaded in favour of the Union and bringing in further stringency will weaken the very root of co-operative federalism” pic.twitter.com/JpEvSjCxHK
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“We need to recognise that in a vibrant democratic and federal polity, States and the Centre can be ruled by political formations with vastly different ideologies and political views. But these governments function within the framework of the Constitution,” the letter stated.
The union authorities has proposed an modification to the IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954, which might allow it to publish IAS officers on central deputation, bypassing reservations of state governments.
