Bengal chief Secretary retired, to act as chief advisor to CM

Chief Minister of West Bengal appointed West Bengal’s Chief Secretary (CS) Alapan Bandyopadhyay as Chief Advisor for three years, after allowing the bureaucrat who was ordered by the central government to report to Delhi, to retire.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021

In normal practice, the Centre asks every year for an “offer list” of officers of the All India Services (IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service) willing to go on central deputation, after which it selects officers from that list.

Rule 6(1) of the IAS Cadre Rules says an officer may, “with the concurrence of the State Governments concerned and the Central Government, be deputed for service under the Central Government or another State Government…”

It says “in case of any disagreement, the matter shall be decided by the Central Government and the State Government or State Governments concerned shall give effect to the decision of the Central Government.”

Rule 16(1) of DCRB (Death-cum-Retirement Benefit) Rules says that “a member of the Service dealing with budget work or working as a full-time member of a Committee may be given extension of service for three months, with the prior approval of the Central Government”.