KOLKATA: Although the Centre had requested Bengal main secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay to record in the North Block from 10am on Monday, he’s got a scheduled video-conference in the state secretariat at 10.
30am on exactly the identical day about the’Duare Tran (relief in the doorstep)’ endeavor, which could kick off June 3.
He’s very likely to attend a few meetings in the secretariat on Monday on cyclone relief and Covid.
CM Mamata Banerjee could seat the cyclone relief assembly from which Bandyopadhyay, together with other country secretaries, are anticipated to attend.
Bandyopadhyay attained the secretariat on Sunday evening and also spent a couple of hours at his room.
He drove in at 4.
50 pm and then abandoned at 7.
45 pm.
CM Banerjee needed on Saturday appealed to the Centre to draw the letter requesting Bandyopadhyay to report New Delhi and also”permit the principal secretary to utilize Covid- and also cyclone-affected folks.
We’re working as a team.
Enable us to operate”.
The Centre, sources said, hasn’t reacted to this CM’s allure.
On Fridaya letter in the ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions attained the secretariat remembering that the main secretary, requesting the state authorities to”ease Bandyopadhyay with instant effect” and led him to report on New Delhi on Monday.
Four days earlier, on May 24, the Centre had accepted a state authorities petition to give Bandyopadhyay a three-month expansion as chief secretary because of his function in Covid direction and cyclone aid and reconstruction.
The Bengal government hasn’t published Bandyopadhyay.
Much like the Union ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions, and that is led by the Prime Minister, CM Banerjee directs the administrative and personnel reforms division in Bengal.
On Saturday, Banerjee had known to Centre’s caveats registered at the Calcutta high court and Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), dubbing them since”one-sided”.
According to sources, the Bengal administration was accepting legal view on this issue.
The fundamental letter mentioned guideline 6(I) of Indian Administrative Service (cadre) principles, 1954, that states, amongst others, which”given that in the event of any disagreement, the issue shall be determined by the central authorities and the state administration will give effect to this decision of the central authorities”.
The primary secretary Basudeb Banerjee believed this purchase was”prohibited”.
“A principle can not be translated at a piecemeal basis.
The very first portion of the rule cites that the Centre must agree to these a deputation.
If it fail the next component applies.
Was not any such effort produced from the Centre? Also was his expansion as principal secretary for 3 months before this recall order was issued” He contended.
It was not clear until the filing of the report if Bandyopadhyay, or even the additional principal secretary, department of administrative and personnel reforms, Bengal had written to the Centre about the transport issue.
“A proper intimation is probably,” a senior officer said, refusing to elaborate and provide a deadline.