In the two months of the interim government, several major works have been done in the Ministry of Public Administration. Controversy has also arisen on some issues while completing the works in haste. During this period, allegations of bribery of crores of taka have been raised in two rounds in the appointment of DC.

Three advisers have been assigned to investigate the matter. Mistakes have also been caught in the posts of secretaries, deputy commissioners and abroad. However, among the major tasks, a commission has been formed to reform public administration. The Government Servant Conduct Rules were finalized.

Apart from this, every year a committee has been formed to submit the asset statement of all government employees, increasing the age limit for entering government jobs. 460 deprived officers have been promoted at three levels (Deputy Secretary, Joint Secretary and Additional Secretary), recruitment of secretaries to vacancies due to retirement and abolition of OSD or contractual appointments. The posts of 60 per cent of the promoted and contractual appointments of 80 officers given by the previous government were cancelled. The ministry conducted a committee investigation on the contractual appointment of 35 new officials at various levels of administration, appointment of new DCs in 51 districts and various irregularities and corruption.

Some blunders also occurred while completing the large-scale work quickly. That has overshadowed many of the administration's important achievements. In particular, there has been a scandal in the Ministry of Public Administration while appointing DCs. Administration experts believe that if the tasks are done with awareness and caution, the untoward issues can be avoided. They say that the Ministry of Public Administration has done extensive work in a short period of time. All work should be done slowly and thoughtfully. Experts have suggested increasing the work speed further.

If asked, the senior secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration. Md. Mokhles-ur Rahman told Jugantar, we will be informed about our achievements from the office of the chief adviser. There will be detailed job description. He declined to say more than that. When asked, public administration expert Mohammad Feroz Mia told Jugantar that the work done by the Ministry of Public Administration in a short period of time is satisfactory. Some of the works that have been completed have been controversial. The resulting controversy has overshadowed the great achievements of the Ministry of Public Administration. If caution and caution were exercised, it was not impossible to avoid controversy. He also said that all work should be done slowly and thoughtfully. Work speed should be increased. Again, increasing the speed of work cannot be done wrong.

People related to public administration said that this is the first time since 2008 that the Ministry of Public Administration is officially taking account of the assets of 15 lakh government employees. Not only that, the government has asked for the asset statements of dependent wives and children of government employees. For 16 long years, the statement of assets did not have to be submitted as per the provisions of the Government Servant Conduct Rules. However, the code of conduct has a rule to submit asset statement to the appointing authority every five years stating the decrease and increase in assets.

Those concerned said that the job aspirants have been agitating for a long time to raise the age limit for entering government jobs to 35. The government has convened a high-level committee in this regard by convening former caretaker government advisor and secretary Abdul Mueed Chowdhury. Tomorrow (Wednesday) the committee is scheduled to submit recommendations to the government regarding the reasonable age limit for entry into service. In the last two months, the appointment of 80 important officials who were appointed on contractual basis during the previous Awami League government has been cancelled. Among them are Chief Secretary, Senior Secretary, Secretary and Secretary level (Grade-1) officials of the government.

During this period, the Principal Secretary and seven senior secretaries have been appointed on contractual basis. Apart from this, secretaries have been appointed to the vacancies due to retirement, OSD or termination of contract. Currently, there are no secretaries in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Planning Commission, Public Security Department of Home Ministry and Local Government Department in the administration. Additional responsibility of public security department has been assigned to the security services department. Abdul Momen. Besides, one post of member is vacant in the Planning Commission. Contractual appointments have been canceled in almost all important posts except the Bangladesh Public Works Commission (PSC) chairman and members. Contracts for technical posts will also be phased out. The issues are being worked on.

In the last two months, 121 people have been promoted from senior assistant secretary to deputy secretary, 133 from deputy secretary to joint secretary and 206 from joint secretary to additional secretary, i.e. 460 officials have been promoted at three levels. The promotees were deprived of promotions and facilities for unknown reasons during the previous government. About 60 percent of the promotees have already been posted. About 40 percent of the remaining posts are being worked on.

According to the related sources, there was a scandal in the Ministry of Public Administration on September 10 regarding the appointment of the Deputy Commissioner (DC). After the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, the government decided to withdraw the DCs in view of the demands of all parties. The cabinet department has taken up the process of preparing the fitlist of officials for the purpose of appointing DC. After long 20 days, DC's fitlist was finalized by the cabinet department. Ministry of Public Administration has issued GEO for the appointment of DC in 25 districts on September 9. Due to allegations of irregularities and corruption, the appointment of one person from that list was canceled and another person was appointed as DC. The next day on September 10, 34 district DC appointment GIO was issued. The appointment of eight people from that list was canceled due to allegations of irregularities and corruption. Appointment of 9 new DCs canceled in two days. DC posts of 8 districts excluded from the list issued on September 10 are still vacant. At present 51 new DCs are working. 5 DCs appointed by the previous government are still working in the field. On September 9 and 10, they attacked KM Ali Azam, Joint Secretary in the field administration, as the names of the officials who were demoted during the previous government were not included in the DC appointment. At one point, a scuffle took place in the Ministry of Public Administration.

The senior secretary of the health care department investigated the matter. Akmal Hossain Azad was the head of the investigation committee. Akmal Hossain Azad found 17 deputy secretaries guilty and recommended punishment. In addition, there was a complaint of accepting a bribe of 3 crore rupees in the appointment of DC. Md. Against Ziauddin Ahmad. However, the investigation proved it to be false. Later, the senior secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration himself was accused of accepting a bribe of Tk 10 crore for the appointment of DC. However, the secretary rejected the allegation of bribery. The matter was also discussed in detail in the advisory council. In the end, the advisory council assigned three advisers to investigate the matter. They are supposed to form a committee to investigate the allegation of bribery of Tk 10 crore.

On October 3, Chief Adviser Press Secretary Md. In a related question at the Foreign Service Academy, Safiqul Alam said that three advisers will investigate the matter. Senior journalists will be placed in the inquiry committee. The government will take action according to law against the party found guilty in the investigation. However, he said that the issue of when the investigation committee will be formed has not been finalized yet. On Monday, after talking to the officials of the Cabinet Department and the Ministry of Public Administration, it was learned that an investigation committee has not yet been formed regarding the Tk 10 crore bribery transaction. Such an incident has never happened in the history of the administration, said those concerned.

Those concerned said that the government has canceled contract-based recruitment and is giving contract-based recruitment again. The Ministry of Public Administration is issuing orders without discrimination while giving contractual appointments. In this, some corrupt officials are entering the job. In particular, Elahi Dad Khan, a 1982 batch officer of Food cadre, was posted as Senior Secretary in the Ministry of Food. But he is a charge sheet accused in the Anti-Corruption Commission case. Food Department recruitment scam mastermind. However, later his contractual appointment was cancelled. The appointment of Khorshed Alam Khastgir as the Ambassador of the Bangladesh Embassy in Poland was canceled after a few days. There are specific allegations against him of opposition to past student movements. Controversial initiatives to appoint senior secretaries, DCs and ambassadors have dimmed many of the administration's achievements.

Apart from this, in continuation of the past, a commission has been formed headed by former caretaker government advisor and secretary Abdul Mueed Chowdhury for public administration reform. However, the commission has not started working yet.