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’12 IAS, 9 IPS for a 14×14 sq km city’: Manish Tewari questions rationale behind ‘large number’ of officers in Chandigarh
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The Indian Express
He also sought the rationale for maintaining such a large number of senior officers in Chandigarh and asked whether the Centre proposed to review and rationalise the bureaucratic framework to improve administrative efficiency and ensure fiscal prudence.
Responding to the query, Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed the House that Chandigarh has 11 sanctioned IAS posts and seven sanctioned IPS posts.
However, at present, 12 IAS officers and nine IPS officers are posted in the UT.
Of these, three IAS officers and one IPS officer belong to the Punjab cadre, while two IAS officers and one IPS officer are from the Haryana cadre and are serving in Chandigarh on deputation.
“The cherry on the cake is that the Governor of Punjab is the executive administrator of Chandigarh.