In the first 100 days of the interim government, the administration has done several things, some routine and some important. Much of the work of the current government has the impression of the previous government. A part of the officers-employees suffered from not getting even this time, which was already there. Expecting a quick resolution of many issues, many have been disappointed.
The demands were many; But not all were implemented. Pain filled those cases. The unrest is not over yet. As fast as the government wants to work, it is not possible in all cases. Some issues are getting stuck in the long process of center to field administration. As a result, there is no momentum in the work.
It is known that a significant number of deprived officials have been promoted and posted in the last 100 days. The contractual appointments made during the previous government have been cancelled. At the same time, new contractual appointments have also been made. The committee has been constituted to compensate the loss of the retired officials. An initiative and administrative reform commission has been set up to raise the age limit for entry into government service and make mandatory filing of asset declarations every year. At this time several officers have been made Officers on Special Duty (OSD) in continuation of the past. Several investigation committees have been formed in the cases of irregularities and corruption. But hanging in the midst of all this work is the increase in the retirement age, promotion to the post of deputy secretary and joint secretary-pre-SSB and promotion of other cadres other than administration. On the other hand, as most of the demands of the non-cadre officers and employees have not yet been met, including the change in designation, there is some kind of grief among them.
Experts say, despite a lot of work, discipline has not returned to the administration. The speed was not transmitted to the work. If the administration is not brought under control, the public interest will be disturbed - many experts also expressed their fear.
When asked to know, the senior secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration expressed his inability to evaluate the success and failure of 100 days in the administration. Md. Mokhles ur Rahman. Public administration expert Mohammad Feroz Mia told Jugantar that enough work has been done in the last 100 days. I applaud the government for this.
He also said that these are the routine work of the Ministry of Public Administration. According to him, laws and regulations conducive to corruption have not been amended. The unrest in the administration could not be brought under control. Discipline in the administration has not returned, speed has not come. Public interest has been disturbed by it. Public interest should be prioritized. He felt that the retirement age should be increased by at least one year, promotion of other cadres should be settled.
After the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled on August 8, Nobel laureate Dr. An interim government was formed under the leadership of Muhammad Yunus. Extreme chaos arose in the administration of the new government. Various groups of cadre and non-cadre employees started marching, meeting, meeting and rally with different demands inside and outside the secretariat. No one obeyed anyone. After the fall of the government, many secretaries, including the public administration secretary, became irregular in office. Additional Secretaries of various Ministries and Departments along with Additional Secretaries of Recruitment, Promotion and Despatch Division (APD) of the Public Administration Ministry gave ga-dhaka. Former officials of various cadres including the administration were seen to be active in the secretariat. 1982 regular batch official as secretary in the early unrest. Md. Mokhles ur Rahman was appointed as Senior Secretary for two years. He is one of the deprived officials during the previous government. After taking charge, he took the initiative to promote three levels in the administration. At this time, 125 senior assistant secretaries who were deprived due to unknown reasons during the tenure of the previous government have been promoted as deputy secretaries, 226 deputy secretaries have been promoted as joint secretaries and 135 joint secretaries have been promoted as additional secretaries. These officers have been promoted from Senior Assistant Secretary to Additional Secretary within 15 days. During this time 12 officers have been promoted as Senior Secretary/Secretary. 3 persons have been promoted to Grade-1 posts. 8 have been appointed as Director General (DG), 6 as Chairman of various authorities. Besides, 9 people have been promoted to the post of non-cadre senior assistant secretary and 37 people have been promoted to the post of assistant secretary. Departmental cases have been filed against 7 officials in the last 100 days.
A five-member committee headed by former finance secretary Zakir Ahmed Khan was formed to compensate the retired officials who were harassed, demoted and demoted in various ways during the previous government. The committee invites applications from deprived officials. The committee is scrutinizing the application by accepting it till October 3. It is known that 5 thousand 200 applications were submitted to the committee and from them 1 thousand 500 applications were selected and the initial list was made. Most of the officials on the list are said to receive compensation.
Initiatives have been taken to file asset statements of government employees. 1.65 lakh government employees have been ordered to submit asset declaration every year. Although the previous government was reluctant to submit the asset declaration, the administration of the interim government is quite advanced in this regard. On December 31 this year and from next year onwards, government employees will compulsorily submit a statement of assets to the regulatory authority detailing the decline in assets by November 30. However, no effective action has been taken regarding asset management, which is considered a weakness of this initiative by the concerned officials.
Fixing the age limit for entry into government service at 32 years was one of the administration's tasks in the last 100 days. Job aspirants have been agitating for almost a century about increasing the age limit. But no one took it into consideration. On September 30, job aspirants sat on the streets in front of his residence demanding to speak to the chief adviser along with a march for raising the age limit. At that time, there was a chase between job aspirants and the police. Later, on the instructions of the Chief Adviser, after discussions with his representatives, a committee was constituted to scrutinize the demand for increase in the age of entry into government service. The recommendations of the committee are discussed after being presented to the advisory council. It was decided to make 32 years for both boys and girls. However, the gazette has not been published yet.
Administration Reforms Commission has been constituted. This commission was formed with former caretaker government advisor and secretary Abdul Mueed Chowdhury as the head. The committee has organized several seminars and discussions. It will submit recommendations to the government by December 31.
Since the formation of the interim government, 80 officials have been made OSD in the administration so far. 4 have been compulsorily retired. Such measures are said to have been taken because of their past misdeeds. Apart from this, it is known from the Ministry of Public Administration that the past records of several other officials are being scrutinized.
An investigation committee has been formed from the Ministry of Public Administration regarding several irregularities. In particular, three committees were set up to uncover the truth about the irregularities and corruption in the appointment of the Deputy Commissioner (DC). The matter of financial corruption in the appointment of DC was proved completely false by the inquiry. However, while investigating the ruckus over the appointment of DC, the investigation officer made a mess, which will set a bad precedent in the administration, said officials. Apart from this, Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azhar holidays have been fixed for 5 and 6 days respectively. Durga Puja holiday has been made for 2 days.
In spite of all these works, several works in the administration are still unfinished, about which there is heartache among the cadre and non-cadre officers and employees. In particular, the age limit for entry into government service has been increased but the retirement limit has not been increased. There is anger among the officers and employees of all grades regarding this matter. Besides, they are angry that various demands including reservation of posts of non-cadre officers and employees have not been fulfilled. They say that with the change of government, even though the cadre officers have been promoted, they are still the same. Their salaries are not increasing, nor are they getting the benefit of changing their rank and title. Employee leaders claim that it is important to address these issues.
