12-01-2005, 12:46 AM
Pat from Modi proves costly
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->IAS officers of the 1972 batch figure on the list of those to be empanelled as full-fledged secretaries to the Government of India.
Surprisingly, one name missing among the 36 civil servants is that of Pramod Kumar Misra, an outstanding officer by all accounts belonging to the Gujarat cadre.
Misra, presently posted as member-secretary of the National Capital Region Board under the Union urban development ministry, is considered the most deserving among his Gujarat cadre batch mates, having been given eight consecutive outstanding entries in his annual confidential record by superiors.
His omission is widely ascribed to the mistaken belief that he was close to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, because the latter had praised his performance during his last stint with the state government.
While some of his batch mates who quietly networked with the Modi regime in Gandhinagar and the BJP-led NDA government in Delhi figure in the list drawn up by the UPA government, it is unfair on Misra, who has consciously avoided cultivating politicians of all hues throughout his career.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->IAS officers of the 1972 batch figure on the list of those to be empanelled as full-fledged secretaries to the Government of India.
Surprisingly, one name missing among the 36 civil servants is that of Pramod Kumar Misra, an outstanding officer by all accounts belonging to the Gujarat cadre.
Misra, presently posted as member-secretary of the National Capital Region Board under the Union urban development ministry, is considered the most deserving among his Gujarat cadre batch mates, having been given eight consecutive outstanding entries in his annual confidential record by superiors.
His omission is widely ascribed to the mistaken belief that he was close to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, because the latter had praised his performance during his last stint with the state government.
While some of his batch mates who quietly networked with the Modi regime in Gandhinagar and the BJP-led NDA government in Delhi figure in the list drawn up by the UPA government, it is unfair on Misra, who has consciously avoided cultivating politicians of all hues throughout his career.
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