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Extended holidays and service extension

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Editor,
The editorial on extended holidays of government employees in ST Jan 2014) is indeed a sad reflection of the state of affairs in the State Government offices today. The discipline of these   employees is, in any case, never something that the state government can be proud of.  But things have been deteriorating day by day and this has become more apparent during the last few years  where things  have gone almost  beyond control. I feel that Mr WMS Pariat, the Chief Secretary has a lot to explain for this.  He is perhaps the longest serving Chief Secretary of the state. Add to that,  he is a local. Had he taken an aggressive stance  to tackle this indiscipline  throughout the long  time  he was in the chair, things would not have reached this pass. However, those in the know say that there had never been serious efforts to ensure punctuality and regularity in attendance of government employees even within the secretariat  building  itself where the Chief Secretary sits.  Besides simply issuing readymade circulars  there has been  no  personal effort to exhort and motivate  employees sitting  in the  building  to also  attend office during bandhs and office picketing. Unlike some  Chief Secretaries   in the past,  the present Chief Secretary  never does  the rounds of the  Secretariat buildings  and  the few Directorates during  bandh days   to give  moral support and  to  personally congratulate  those who attend office. Lack of such inspiration results in the loss of morale of these loyal  employees  because  those who remain absent are allowed  to go scot free without any follow up action . In fact  it is learnt that most of the  lower and middle level employees  hardly feel the presence  of the Chief Secretary  in the building and very few ever  look up to the person in this position with awe and  reverence  because of the distancing down the years.Therefore, if the Chief Minister  really feels that good governance is the order of the day then he should  first see what goes on behind his backyard and consider whether the extension of service of the Chief Secretary  is worth it  or whether  discipline of government employees is a non issue in the process.
Yours etc.,
Aibor Niangty,
Shillong -21

Service extension, lame excuse

Editor,
First of all I thank  Dr Mukul Sangma for sending me  New Year  greetings  through SMS. I do hope that he also appreciates the fact that with passing years one becomes   older and wiser  and would be able to analyse things  in  a better perspective . So when  he stated that the service extension of  WMS Pariat as Chief Secretary  is to ease the burden of others as reported in ST 7th Jan 2014,  I  daresay that  I vehemently disagree with him because  this excuse  will be an insult to the other bureaucrats  who are known to function  exceedingly well  even  if they are overburdened. Nevertheless,  if  according to him, Pariat is indispensable then the person should be  put  instead  in  any other capacity  which is of the same rank of Chief Secretary without disturbing  the hierarchy in the bureaucracy. I  also  agree with James Sangma, MLA  who  stated  that the pressure  on the bureaucracy is because  the Chief Minister  has not been able  to  administer well  and because of unsound policies. Take the Tenancy Bill for instance. This is what has come out in the open  for us to know  whereas beyond our knowledge these bureaucrats must be involved  in  scores of other  useless ideas   which  are unproductive.  Moreover, with the hyperactive personality and style of functioning of the Chief Minister there  must be constant poking and  interference from his side which upsets the rhythm of works of these bureaucrats and therefore unnecessarily  increases their workloads. Therefore the Chief Minister should blame himself   if there  are shortcomings in the bureaucracy.  By the way Dr Sangma is   changing  his excuse for the extension of service of the CS because of the  criticism pouring in. The last one given was that the extension was necessary for smooth conduct of the elections. What next?
Yours etc.,
Donbok F Syiemlieh
Shillong-3

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