Opinion On principle
I still remember the meeting vividly. Appu did not talk about working hard,being honest etc
On principle
This refers to A civil servants role model (IE,April 4). When I joined the Bihar cadre in 1977,as assistant superintendent of police,I called on P.S. Appu,then chief secretary,Bihar. I still remember the meeting vividly. Appu did not talk about working hard,being honest etc. It was assumed that if you are an IPS officer,you are all that. He said: Remember to take your one month earned leave every year; 58 is the biggest equaliser (the retirement age then) and that you occupy only three inches of space on the succession board. When Karpoori Thakur,then chief minister of Bihar,decided to appoint Appu as chief secretary,Appu reportedly told Thakur that he had two conditions. First,he must not be called after 6 pm unless there was an emergency. Second,if he sends a file about an officer,his recommendation must be accepted. We were told Thakur promised to do that. I was,therefore,not surprised when Appu,as the director of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration,submitted his resignation after he found
Giani Zail Singh,by following a reformatory approach,was trying to scuttle his report against an IAS trainee who had misbehaved with a lady colleague.
Rakesh Jaruhar
Special DG,Central Zone, CRPF,Kolkata
Fact and fiction
YOUR sensational report The January night Raisina Hill was spooked: Two key Army units moved towards Delhi without notifying Govt (IE,April 4) seemed bizarre. If it was an implicit coup attempt by rogue units,and not a routine training exercise,as claimed by the army,why would they turn back when ordered from Delhi? And then to link it with the filing of the army chiefs date of birth petition in the apex court appears highly mischievous.
M. Ratan
New Delhi
THANK YOU,Indian Express,for courageous journalism. It will certainly help our civil and political system to review their relationship with the armed forces and to take steps to
ensure the prevalence of democracy in India.
Abid Siraj
New Delhi
New order
THIS refers to Maid to order (IE,April 6). The Dwarka case is not a first in domestic help abuse. Child labour exploitation is also a major challenge for India. Domestic workers lack political representation. Such enslavement and torture must be met with exemplary punishment.
Mohit Chander
Long suffering
I REFER to Suffering Judges (IE,April 3) under Delhi Confidential. It is mentioned some judges are suffering from the daily thoughts of a retired judge. The word suffering reminds me of a joke about employees writing leave applications. They were told to start their letters with As I was suffering from. One such letter began: As I was suffering from my brothers wedding!
K. Venkatesan
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