The online war, which first began on WhatsApplast week, revolves around the speculation in the power corridors that the government may restore parity between different government services in terms of both compensation and career progression.
On Wednesday, the war of words spilled onto micro-blogging website Twitter, when IAS officers begin trending #RoleofIAS and #IASatWork claiming an edge over other services.
The officers of premier service of the country argued that they performed better than the IPS and IRS in examinations and hence deserve better salary and progression. Currently, IAS officers are promoted two years earlier than the IPS and IRS officers and also have better prospects as far as additional increment over basic pay is concerned.
Interestingly, families of some of the IPS officers also joined the issue to give strength to their arguments and as a way of expressing solidarity with their husbands.
On Twitter, the arguments were focused on government policies, being implemented by the IAS officers. An officer wrote that it is not just meritocracy, but years of hard work in rural districts and understanding of development administration that gave an IAS officer an edge over other services. He claimed that an IAS officer faces hardships during the field job and once he/she moves to a senior position, he/she becomes responsible for implementing the government policies.
Opposing pay parity, another tweet by a serving officer said IAS officers deserve an edge in terms of both salary and career progression.
The view is countered by IPS officers though. “We live on the edge survive by the edge without edge (Salary & Career Growth). Live and die for a pledge. Action movies are inspired by us not other way round,” tweeted a young serving IPS officer.
Many IPS officers claimed that the IAS lobby wanted to maintain the superiority over other services and that was why they were opposed to pay parity to other services. “Police give up celebration of festivals for you (Bureaucrats). Stones thrown at us and we march with chin up,” an IPS officer said.
Some IPS officers who trended #IASArrogance on Twitter wrote: “Same exam, difference of a few marks. Yet the IAS ensures subordination of their batchmates.” They also hit back sarcastically at IAS officers with another catchy trend on Twitter saying that IAS is no Usain Bolt, the fastest man on earth. Taking a dig at IAS officers for opposing pay parity with other services, an IRS officer wrote, “The IAS takes Pride in enforcing outdated colonial laws and makes this the reason for increasing privileges.”
A meeting of the representatives of about 20 central civil services was held here recently and it was unanimously decided to petition the Pay Commission to inform it about job-related anomaly. Their purpose is to ensure parity and to end IAS supremacy.
But, 200 IAS officers wrote to the Department of Personnel and Training requesting it to stonewall any move that seeks to bring down the edge given to them over other services citing many reasons.
SOURCE - newindianexpress.com
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