Capturing of technical departments by non technical bureaucrats
5 years ago
I have a query that can a non technical person be a head of technical department just because he is an IAS. Most of the technical departments in state government such as District Development Authorities, Power etc. have an IAS as the VC or MD who sits over experienced and senior technical persons without having any technical know abouts and thus ensuring that right decisions are not been taken for the developmnent of people. Also there is no fixed rule defined for giving these posts to bureaucrats. If the revenue of authority is high then it is given to a senior IAS eg. Noida Authority and if revenue is less it is given to a PCS or Junior IAS eg. Saharanpur Authority. The country is fast becoming slave to ego of bureaucrats
Deepak Yashwantrao Bade
Responded 5 years ago
ROBERT D ROZARIO
Responded 5 years ago
You have raised a good issue and one can get relief by filing PIL before High court or Supreme Court. The tendency of Courts to honor such issues on priority basis.
For example there can be a very skilled automotive engineer and assembling an innovative car and his skills are needed at the shop floor to build the car whereas a HOD would be skilled to bring money from the market to put into production of the car in the factory. A General Manger or CEO need not be a man who knows hot to build a car but he must know how to manage the factory which build the car. Having said that even that Automotive Engineer can become the CEO.