03 Nov, 2015 10:29 PM

7th CPC : Govt on back-foot over pay parity

Getting the whiff that Government may restore parity between different government services in terms of compensation in Seventh Pay Commission , the Indian Administrative Service(IAS) officers have taken up a cudgel against the Centre.

Reportedly, the officers of IAS and IFS ranks shot off more than 100 letters recently to protest against any such move of the government. Letter were written to ministry of personnel and training (MoPT).

Why IAS, IRS officers are 'sulking'
A war of words between officers of most sought-after IAS and those belonging to other central government services like IRS have started on various social media platform like Whatsapp and twitter.
Both the faction have their own justification to prove their point.

Headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ashok Kumar Mathur, Pay Commission report will be submitted in the third week of the November. Most likely, Pay commission will come into effect from January 1, 2016.

What IAS officers are saying
IAS rank is considered to be most coveted among all government services . To get this rank, aspirants often appear again and again in the exam, despite getting other ranks like IPS and IRS.

IAS officers are of the view that since they were empanelled in IAS as they performed better in the Civil Service Exams, they deserve better salary and career progression. In support of their point, IAS officers say they never complained working long hours, and often in remote locations, so why they should be at par with IRS, IPS officers.
"Equality of opportunity to perform is the backbone of healthy competition but equality of rewards irrespective of one's performance is an antithesis to the whole idea of competition," letter to government said.

Reacting sharply over the issue, Sanjay Bhoosreddy, Secretary of central IAS officers' association said, "There is a lot of frustration and resentment among the young officers. They have taken a conscious decision of joining IAS after viewing their career options".

He further added, "Some of them have left very good private sector jobs abroad and joined the civil service. Most of them were selected in other services but they chose to sit in exam again to become an IAS officer. The merit of these boys should not be ignored".

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