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Three IAS officers shown the door for incompetence

Under a DoPT rule, all state to review the performance of All India Service officers

GN Bureau | September 30, 2013

Three IAS officers face axe for incompetence under a rule pushed by prime minister manmohan Singh last year to weed out non performing officers of the all india service (AIS), Hindustan Time reported today.

According to the report, the exercise to review the performance of IAS officers, has been initiated by three cadres: Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and AGMUT, and the three officers identified for premature retirement belong to the AGMUT cadre.

Although the provision for review of performance of government officers has been on the rulebook for decades, it has been rarely invoked. Last year the department of personnel and training (DoPT) finally notified fresh rules that made it mandatory for all state governments to review the performance of AIS officers once they complete 15 years and 25 years in service.

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