Though officials attached with the directorates and other field offices of their parents departments or other departments are mostly close relations of former ministers and retired and in-service bureaucrats but it has become a precedence in Jammu & Kashmir that every incoming regime cancels attachments only to order fresh attachments to adjust and accommodate the people of their own choices in place of those shown the door under the garb of the cancellation of attachments. With Governor N N Vohra issuing orders to all the departments to cancel the attachment the advisors of the governor would not take recommendations from the legislators and former ministers to retain their close relations and only target people who have neither the political clout nor any access to the corridors of power under the governor’s rule. Before asking departments to cancel attachments for the purposes of smooth functioning of the government department the government should have moved the non performers to insignificant positions and brought in performers at key positions but belying all the expectations the people had with the governor N N Vohra in view of his past track records the government under Vohra has given significant positions to non performers against whom the premier investigative agencies and the high court has passed strictures and moved performers to insignificant positions despite having a comparatively better track record in maintaining accountability and transparency in settling the claims of both the employees and the general people. After taking over the reigns of power in the state the Vohra administration has not removed any non performer from any significant positions and instead some non performers of doubtful integrity are holding additional charges in some key departments of the state government.
If at all better working of the departments is the motive of the cancellation of attachment the governor has to ensure that first axe falls on the close relations of the former ministers and retired and serving bureaucrats as otherwise such actions are bound to pace up the practices of blackmailing and corruption which have taken roots during the three year PDP-BJP coalition rule in the state.
Unless and until the performers are not brought on the positions the additional charges of which are held by non-performers the cancellation of attachments can’t smoothen the functioning of key departments and instead the non performers if allowed to hold additional charges for some time will explore all possibilities to blackmail people attached with the field offices and grab money from them to stop their displacements. The advisors working under the command and control of the governor tend to displace people from their positions with the intent of giving opportunities of money grabbing to their touts already working on some key positions in both the directorates and district offices of various department and not for the purposes of the smooth functioning of the departments. If at all better working of the departments is the motive of the cancellation of attachment the governor has to ensure that first axe falls on the close relations of the former ministers and retired and serving bureaucrats as otherwise such actions are bound to pace up the practices of blackmailing and corruption which have taken roots during the three year PDP-BJP coalition rule in the state.
