Darjeeling witnesses five magistrates move in and out in less than 1.5years: MP Raju Bista

As a result of the utter mismanagement of the way TMC government, Darjeeling became the only district in India, which has earned the unenviable distinction of seeing 5 District Magistrates move in and out in a matter of less than 1.5 years.

Informing this in a press release, MP Raju Bista said that the Game of Musical Chairs, produced by TMC and directed by the Hon’ble WB CM Mamata Banerrjee ji started with Joyoshi Dasgupta being moved out on 29 Jun 2019, to be replaced by Sanjay Bansal. Bansal was in the chair for merely 2 days before being replaced by Deepa Priya P. After a short tenure of just 11-months she too was moved out in April 2020. She was replaced by Poonambalam S, who was posted out after a mere 6 months in the chair, and he has now been replaced by Shashank Sethi.

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“It is well accepted that bureaucrats who are often the edge of the Public Administration sphere, must have an assured tenure of 3-years, except in the rarest of cases, to render to the general public the services the constitution guarantees them. An officer must be assured of reasonable tenures to be able to do justice to the post he occupies. Every officer needs time to learn the sphere and scope of his post, before being able to discharge their duties in a befitting manner and serve the people as they are sworn to. Short tenures, ranging from a few days to a few months would damage the quality of administration beyond repair.” Bista further added.

TMCs blatant attempt at politicizing bureaucracy and administrative machinery needs to be decried in the harshest of terms by every democracy-loving citizen.

The autocratic and tyrannical manner in which TMC has continued to function against the rule of law is a threat to our democracy and goes against the founding principles of our constitution.

In TMC subverting administrative officials and turning them into political stooges, it is the nation and the people who lose the most.

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