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Rankle in admin over retirement package for top notchers

REZAUL KARIM
The government announcement of a package of benefits for only a few top civil servants before and after retirement from service has left the civil administration fuming.
Most junior and mid-level officers came down heavily on the government decision, terming it 'discriminatory' and 'against the interest of 12 lakh serving government employees'.
The official order issued by the
Cabinet Division on August 4 and circulated among only three secretaries yesterday said all secretaries and officials above the post would get transport and housing facilities during the LPR and post-retirement period.
The facilities include fuel and driver during one year Leave Preparatory to Retirement (LPR) and six months' stay at government quarters after retirement.
Secretaries and above officials in contractual service will also enjoy
the transport facility for six months after the termination of contracts.
Under the existing rule, no government official, including a secretary, is entitled to use government vehicle during the LPR and the civil servants are entitled to stay in their official quarters only two months after retirement for shifting purposes.
The government allows them to stay four more months in the quarters if they do not have a son or
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daughter and appear in any public examinations after the LPR and the two months of shifting period.
In total, a government official can stay at the official residence for a maximum of 18 months including the LPR and post-retirement period.
But the new package will enable the secretaries and above officials to stay in the government quarters for six more months even after the expiry of all existing provisions.
It appears secretaries can stay at their official residence for two years from the day of going into the LPR.
Talking to The Daily Star yesterday, a number of junior and midlevel officials expressed their indignation at the order and termed the new benefits "completely discriminatory and violative of the constitutional principle of equality."
They said the order created a sharp divide in the civil service.
"The government has ignored 12 lakh civil servants and appeased only a microscopic minority," said a joint secretary.
"Our road to promotion has already been blocked by large-scale contractual appointments of officials by the government and we may never see elevation before we retire at the age of 57," a deputy secretary said.
"The discrimination is the last straw to undermine us."
He said it was surprising that several secretaries and above officials, who got contractual appointments thrice or more, were getting further facilities even after their retirement and termination of contract.
Currently, there are 64 posts of secretary in the civil administration, including the principal secretary to the prime minister and the cabinet secretary.