DoPT initiates action against 2010 batch IAS Shah Faesal for a Twitter post; Kashmiri IAS releases what he calls the “love letter” from his boss

Shah Faesal as an IAS trainee (File Photo)

THE department of personnel and training (DoPT) has requested the Jammu and Kashmir government to initiate action against 2010 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS officer Shah Faesal for violating the conduct rules by posting some materials in his verified Twitter account. DoPT in its letter said, the posts written by the IAS officer are prima-face in contravention to…

No room for bigamous assistant directors at LBSNAA; …but read the language of draft rules

WHEN the government frames a new rule, it needs to be precise and immune to interpretations, but at times, the language used to explain that preciseness makes it hilarious. On Thursday, the DoPT uploaded in its website the draft recruitment rules for the post of assistant directors in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, wherein it had explained disqualification for bigamous officers. First, read how the draft rules are being framed: It says:

Centre Amends Conduct Rules: List of 18 new rules for civil servants to follow

THE government wants civil servants to follow 18 basic principles in their conduct. Those include defending decency and morality, maintaining political neutrality, promoting principles of merit, and maintaining courtesy and good behaviour with the public, among others. The government on November 27, 2014, notified the Central Civil Services (Conduct) (Third Amendment) Rules, 2014 whereby under new Rule 3, the civil servants are asked to…