Bagalakote: With the new Government in the state replacing the bureaucrats in the District, there is now a buzz that a major overhaul will be undertaken in the administrative machinery. Whispers of officials’ transfer are heard in the corridors of the Bagalakote Zilla Panchayat Bhavan.
Most of the officials of the Zilla and Taluka level departments, which are presently in District, have been transferred during the previous BJP Government. Now the Government has changed. Therefore, it is almost certain that another round of transfer from here is almost certain. However, it is said that some officials are trying to convince the MLAs to make one last attempt.
The Government is yet to appoint a Minister In-Charge of the Government. There is news that R. B. Thimmapura, the MLA from Mudhol constituency in the District, is the only minister and he may also get the charge of District In-Charge. However, Thimmapura is yet to return to the constituency after the election results. He will arrive to the constituency on June 3 after a Cabinet meeting and some officials are likely to make a demand on the pretext of congratulating him. “However, when the Government changes, the change of officers is a natural process. We will be ready for that. But let’s see,” says a senior official.
Will DC, SP, CEO change?
Will the Deputy Commissioner, ZP CEO, and Superintendent of Police stay in the District for a few more days? Or whether they will be transferred. Present DC P. Sunil Kumar, ZP CEO T. Bhoobalan, and SP Jayaprakash have worked as a team and have a good name in the bureaucracy. In their own style, they have earned a good name in the departmental administration and among the public.
In the recently held Assembly elections, they successfully managed to avoid much of the trouble. If the ZP CEO is in Bagalakote since 2 years and 11 months, it has not been a year too since the DC and the SP have came here. And hence will they continue in the District for some more time?
Meanwhile, the name of a woman officer has been doing rounds for the past two days in the District. She had earlier worked in District, but now she is said to have made all efforts to come back to the District.
What reshuffle is really required at the lower level:
Some persons are camping in various departments including District Administration, Zilla Panchayat, Food And Civil Supplies Department, Agriculture, Horticulture and Tahasildar’s Office, and Revenue Department. This has not been able to bring about a change in the governance system. If the administration has to be given a new touch, it is said that the administrative machinery can be put on the right track only if some of the officials and staff who have been camping for many years are given gate pass.
Change of officers at taluk level?
There may be a change of officials at the Taluk level. Many officials visiting the MLAs of their respective constituencies in the hope of getting their work done.