Don’t take verbal orders from politicos
Supreme Court tells public servants:
by S. Venkat Narayan
Our Special Correspondent-October 31, 2013, 12:00 pm
Our Special Correspondent-October 31, 2013, 12:00 pm
NEW DELHI, October 31: In a path-breaking verdict expected to liberate civil servants in democracies, the Indian Supreme Court said on Thursday civil servants should not act on verbal orders given by political bosses.
NEW DELHI, October 31: In a path-breaking verdict expected to liberate civil servants in democracies, the Indian Supreme Court said on Thursday civil servants should not act on verbal orders given by political bosses.A welcome judgment
Editorial-October 31, 2013
In what may be described as a bold move to deliver a troubled bureaucracy from the clutches of unscrupulous politicians, the Indian Supreme Court (SC) has asked public officers not to carry out verbal orders given by their political bosses. Our special correspondent in New Delhi says, in his report, quoting analysts that ‘the apex court of the world's largest democracy is seeking to put an end to frequent transfers of upright civil servants by wily politicians’. Three hearty cheers!
In what may be described as a bold move to deliver a troubled bureaucracy from the clutches of unscrupulous politicians, the Indian Supreme Court (SC) has asked public officers not to carry out verbal orders given by their political bosses. Our special correspondent in New Delhi says, in his report, quoting analysts that ‘the apex court of the world's largest democracy is seeking to put an end to frequent transfers of upright civil servants by wily politicians’. Three hearty cheers!