The Vacant Space
DDT's comments yesterday on the elusive promotions in the Department evoked sharp response from the Departmental officers. A young Assistant Commissioner told me that she should have become a Deputy Commissioner two years ago and now if she doesn't get it before the Pay Revision, she would be put to a great loss. A retired Assistant Commissioner called up to complain that because of the Board's callous attitude, he had to retire as an Assistant Commissioner instead of Deputy Commissioner. A Commissioner wanted to find out if there were any charge sheets against some of his seniors, so that he can ascertain his chances of becoming a Chief Commissioner. And there are Inspectors and Superintendents waiting for more than fifteen years with the hope of a promotion.
Maybe they should all get a promotion once in five years! I know a PSU officer who got promoted from the rank of Deputy Manager to Deputy General Manager in the last twenty years, doing (or rather not doing) the same work all these twenty years.