With political pressure mounting from various service organisations, a senior official in the survey department, who is second in command, has been shifted from the post, stating that she is not eligible for the post. It was the same government that gave E R Sobhana a provisional promotion in 2012 taking into consideration her administrative skills.
And the strange thing is that the government, allegedly under pressure from the service organisations, had given charge of the additional director to a deputy director against whom the vigilance had recommended suspension and even demoting him on various allegations.
It is
alleged that Sobhana was removed from the post as she had been taking stern
action against corrupt officials, especially joint/deputy directors and even
district survey officials, which has now agitated the service organissations.
She even transferred certain people who were siting idle for years at the
directorate to other offices, which is alleged to have angered certain union
leaders.
As per
the government order dated April 4, 2015, it is said that ''some service
organisations have represented to government requesting to review the
appointment of Sobhana as additional director''. It said that there was no
provision in the Special rules of Survey and land records department to promote
a person directly to the post pf Additional Director from deputy director in
the absence of qualified persons in the cadre of Joint Director. It also said
that Sobhana was not eligible for provisional promotion as per rule 31 a (i) of
Kerala State & Subordinate Service Rules and as such her appointment was
cancelled.
It should
be noted that the government in its order dated September 20, 2012, had given
provisional promotion to her evoking rule 9 a (i) of the same Kerala State
& Subordinate Service Rules. Apart from this, the 2012 order states that
she was being given promotion as the two joint directors could not be given
promotion as several vigilance inquires were pending against them and were
facing action. It also said that one of the joint directors was facing criminal
charges at the Peroorkada police station. Sobhana was given promotion as the
post was lying vacant from 2000 and the activities of the department was
affected. Moreover, the seniority and promotion list in some of the sections
are pending for a long time that had led the government to take such a step.
Source: The New Indian express
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