The Pratyush Sinha committee on allocation of All India Service officers has cleared the provisional list released by it on August 22 almost without any changes.
The committee which met in New Delhi on Tuesday to finalise the list in the wake of feedback and objections it received from aggrieved officers, more or less decided to stick to the provisional list, said sources.
However, the committee may consider one or two genuine issues related to the guidelines with regard to allocation of ST category officers and may run through the list once again. However, it is not expected to bring about any major changes in the list, they added.
The Chief Secretaries of both the States, I.Y.R.Krishna Rao of Andhra Pradesh and Rajeev Sharma of Telangana attended the committee meeting as members.
Meanwhile, a couple of “insider” officers of Andhra Pradesh who were allocated Telangana cadre are apparently disappointed with the committee going ahead and finalising the allocation of officers as per the provisional list. Many of them say that are unfairly perceived as anti-Telangana and it could even affect their professional growth.
Similarly, some “outsider” officers, who are aggrieved with the provisional allocation list as it was not in tune with the option they exercised are still nursing hopes of possible exchange or swapping. The Pratyush Sinha committee will submit its final allocation list to the Department of Personnel and Training in three or four days and the department will submit it to the Prime Minister for his approval. The Prime Minister is most likely to approve the list without any changes and final allocation of IAS, IPS and IFS officers to the both the States will be made by September 10 or 15, the sources said.
The aggrieved officers will get the option of representing their cases to the Government of India for disposal within three months. Depending on the outcome, some of them could even seek legal intervention, the sources added.
