3 weeks ago
Retired IAS Officer Questions Deputy Collector Promotion Process
This story is about a retired government officer named Kavindra Kiyawat.
He once held a very high job in India called an IAS officer.
He saw a problem with how some government workers were being promoted.
These workers, called deputy collectors, hoped to move up to a higher rank.
A promotion means getting a bigger job with more responsibility.
The government department in charge did not count all of their work time.
It left out the time they spent working as 'in-charge' deputy collectors.
Mr. Kiyawat believes that work time should count toward promotion.
He told the officers to write letters to the government about this.
His message started a big discussion among the officers.
Retired IAS officer Kavindra Kiyawat questioned the promotion process from Tehsildar to Deputy Collector.
He wrote in an officers' WhatsApp group that the General Administration Department did not count in-charge deputy collector tenure as qualifying service.
Kiyawat urged officers to submit representations to the government in a suggested format.
He advised mentioning decisions made during in-charge tenure, ACRs written for subordinates, and election duty performed as deputy collectors.
His post stirred up discussions among officers.
- Who
- Kavindra Kiyawat, a retired IAS officer, and deputy collectors in Madhya Pradesh
- What
- Questioning of the promotion process from Tehsildar to Deputy Collector, because the General Administration Department did not count in-charge deputy collector tenure as qualifying service
- Where
- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
- When
- Not specified in the article
- Why
- The General Administration Department did not count the tenure served as in-charge deputy collector as qualifying service for promotion, which Kiyawat says could cast doubt on decisions made during that tenure
Key facts
- Retired Officer
- Kavindra Kiyawat, Indian Administrative Service
- Location
- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
- Positions Involved
- Tehsildar to Deputy Collector
- Concerned Department
- General Administration Department
- Issue
- In-charge deputy collector tenure not counted as qualifying service for promotion
- Platform
- Officers' WhatsApp group
- Recommended Action
- Submit applications to the government asking tenure as in-charge officer be considered
- Reaction
- Post stirred up discussions among officers









