A total of 20 civil services, excluding the premier Indian
Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), have
petitioned the Cabinet secretary and expenditure secretary asking a fair
representation on the board of empowered committee, which will decide on the
benefits of the Seventh Central Pay Commission to all the civil services.
“We have seen media reports that majority of the members in
the empowered committee of secretaries shall be from a single service. If the
Cabinet has taken or takes such a decision, we shall respect and honour the
same. However, we have no confirmation whether our memorandum was placed before
the Cabinet for consideration,” Jayant Misra, convenor of Confederation of
Civil Services Associations, said in a statement.
“We are still awaiting an opportunity to meet the Cabinet
secretary, reiterating our demand that equitable representation be given to
various services in all the bodies or committees so that there is no domination
by any particular service,” he added.
The association submitted a fresh memorandum to Cabinet
Secretary P K Sinha and Expenditure Secretary Ratan P Watal on January 19.
SOURCE - business-standard