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Plenty of advisers of the meantime authorities beget asked the Ministry of Public Administration to design approval earlier than transferring, appointing or promoting officials within the ministries beneath their jurisdiction, per admin ministry sources.
In fresh letters to the ministry, advisers acknowledged unexpected transfers of officials are obstructing their work as many experienced officers are being replaced by rookies who ceaselessly lack prior information of their tasks, which ends in delays in processes.
Public administration officials declined to touch upon the topic on the document, nonetheless TBS has seen a copy of surely one of many letters.
Sources acknowledged Native Authorities, Rural Pattern, and Cooperatives Ministry Adviser AF Hassan Arif sent a letter to the Chief Adviser’s Place of job, which then forwarded it to the final public admin ministry with instructions to take the indispensable action.
Likewise, four advisers who oversee 10 ministries – Expatriates’ Welfare and Foreign Employment Adviser Asif Nazrul, Vitality and Energy Adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan, Housing and Public Works Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan, and one other adviser – also sent letters to the admin ministry.
When asked, Adviser AF Hassan Arif at his land ministry office on Monday instructed TBS that it is now not fully correct to suppose that any tell directives were issued to the final public admin relating to the transfers, appointments, or promotions of officials.
He, on the opposite hand, acknowledged that the likelihood has been discussed in an Advisory Council assembly, emphasising that unexpected transfers are causing disruptions and that changes to particular positions or areas of work ought to nonetheless be discussed beforehand.
On the different hand, Hassan Arif didn’t verify whether or now not he sent the letter.
Adviser Asif Nazrul also acknowledged he had now not issued this kind of instructions to the final public admin and Adviser Adilur Rahman instructed TBS, “I will focus on this after a month.”
The civil administration experienced a stop to-collapse straight after faded top minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the nation on 5 August.
Following the meantime authorities’s takeover, administration officials slowly began to renew work, nonetheless activities beget now not yet totally normalised.
Sources acknowledged a faction has emerged within the final public administration, vying for promotions and better positions, claiming they’ve been lost sight of for the previous 15 years of Awami League rule.
Within the first week of September, officials staged protests in entrance of the Ministry of Public Administration. On 10 and 11 September, there was unrest within the Secretariat relating to the appointment of deputy commissioners (DC). Since then, officials beget reportedly persisted to exert stress for promotions and postings, even supposing there looks no public protests.
Conversely, of us that had been promoted at some stage within the old authorities’s tenure, assigned to beneficial positions, or appointed on contracts are feeling apprehensive. Due to this, administrative activities will now not be progressing properly.
In line with public admin sources, bigger than half of of the switch strategies are for the Ministry of Vitality and Energy, adopted by the Native Authorities Division, finance ministry, health ministry, and the Security Companies and products Division of the dwelling ministry.
On 6 October, Md Abdur Rauf, additional secretary of the final public administration ministry, instructed TBS, “Now we beget got by no methodology experienced a field take care of this in public administration. Officers who had been deprived of promotions for 16 years were promoted, and now we’re going through challenges in assigning them.”
He assured that the foundations and regulations relating to appointments are being properly adhered to and expressed optimism that within the following 15 days, administrative activities and the total field will stabilise.
In line with the Ministry of Public Admin, around 530 officials were promoted since 8 August, the day the meantime authorities took over.
The first major wave of promotion in public administration happened on 13 August when 117 senior assistant secretaries had been promoted to deputy secretaries.
Within a week, 223 deputy secretaries had been promoted to joint secretaries. Following this, on 25 August, 131 officers developed from joint secretaries to additional secretaries. In total, the meantime authorities promoted 471 officials between 8 and 25 August.
Later, around 60 officials bought promotions to varied positions, including joint secretary, additional secretary, and secretary. The day earlier than on the present time, 10 non-cadre officials had been appointed as assistant secretaries.
From 11 August to 9 October, the Ministry of Public Administration issued 655 orders linked to recruitment, transfers, promotions, contract cancellations, and compulsory retirements.
Between 6 and 8 August, the ministry issued 22 notices, with switch orders being essentially the most prevalent amongst them.
A public admin decent, on condition of anonymity, instructed TBS, “The ministry goes through a jam. Many people were promoted and are truly looking out new postings, while the advisers are reluctant to accept each person.
“The detailed information of the appointee ought to nonetheless be submitted to the Chief Adviser’s Place of job for approval earlier than the appointment is finalised, and the consent of the relevant ministry’s adviser is also required.”