Tuesday 2 July 2019

Expectations from 500 ASOs yet to join

On 29th June, 22 Deputy Secretaries and 122 Desk Officers have been promoted to the rank of Joint Secretary and Under Secretary respectively. Also nearly more than 100 Under Secretaries will get their promotion to Deputy Secretary very soon. In a very short period, Secretariat will have another 500 ASOs in OSS Cadre. So we can see a major reshuffle of staff in each department (last time major reshuffling was due to 10 years transfer) although some may show their interest to continue in their present Department after promotion. But many sections must be reconstituted with new staff i.e ASO to Joint Secretary. 
If we think about a particular section, its being being managed by ASO, SO & DO. Now DOs will be transferred  and new ASOs to join. So main responsibility is on present ASOs (2012-13 & Spl. Drive Batch) and SOs.
Secondly, when thinking about new ASOs, Secretariat will experience a young mass (within age group of 22-28) of ASOs coming from diverse qualification and job experience. Many of them will come after resigning their present job and some are preparing for OCS Examinations and other higher salaried jobs. It is also sure that they will come with much interest to know more about secretariat and its working culture. Because everything is upto their job satisfaction. 
As we know each file starts from a ASO, so the newly recruited 500 will play a major role for the section management in a better way. And this may lead to implementation of 5-T concept of Hon'ble CM. 
So we can hope for a better coordination between existing ASOs and new ASOs yet to join.