CORRIDORS TREND 2017, PART 2: How government changed rules for ease of marriage among All India Services officers

THERE’S nothing new in marriages among All India Services officers -- IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service. But 2017 saw the resolution of a unique case where the existing service rules had to be altered thanks to the marriage of an IPS-IAS couple and seeking of a common cadre. In fact, this unique case cropped up in the month of February 2016 when government found it difficult to accord inter-cadre transfer of P Parthiban, a 2011 batch AGMUT cadre IAS and his spouse Nisha Parthiban, 2011 batch IPS, to a common cadre on grounds of marriage; the matter finally got resolved in August this year. The Parthiban couple belonged to...

How a unique case of an IPS-IAS couple triggered the Centre to ease cadre change rules on grounds of marriage

THE Central government has changed the service rules to make it easy for married IAS and IPS officers to get the same cadre state, according to media reports published on Monday. According to the reports, prime minister Narendra Modi took special initiatives to get the existing rules amended. But what triggered the government to change the rules which received nods from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)? The issue originated in a unique case that cropped up in February 2016 in which…

IAS, IPS couple choose Gujarat as common cadre; Govt may bend rules to ensure they live together

THE Central government is likely to bend existing rules to give the post-marriage life of IAS officer P Parthiban and IPS officer Ms Nisha Parthiban a happy ending. As BoI had written on a post dated February 5, cadre change of the officers— 2011 batch AGMUT cadre IAS P Parthiban and 2011 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS Nisha Parthiban— could not be done under existing policies of inter-cadre transfers on the grounds of marriage. But in a DoPT secretary-chaired meeting held on April 13, it was decided that the panel will…

Babu Marriage: Why cadre change proposal of this IAS-IPS couple forces DoPT to frame new rules

MARRIAGE among all India services officers and their subsequent cadre change are considered common in bureaucracy in India. But on Tuesday, a unique case cropped up during a meeting held under the chairmanship of DoPT secretary Sanjay Kothari, as it was found that the cadre-change proposal did not come under existing policies of inter-cadre transfers on ground of marriage. The case is regarding inter-cadre transfer request by P Parthiban, 2011 batch AGMUT cadre IAS and his spouse Nisha Parthiban, 2011 batch IPS to a common cadre on ground of marriage. But the problem arose because…