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84 promoted to joint secy rank

Many seniors superseded for political considerations

Staff Correspondent
The government yesterday elevated 84 deputy secretaries of various BCS batches and cadre, mostly of administration, to the rank of joint secretary, infringing seniority of a good number of officials.
Of the 84 new joint secretaries, 60 belong to administration and 24 to other BCS (Bangladesh Civil Service) cadre. The three others are (non-BCS) promoted departmental officers. The pass marks for the
promotion was 85 out of 100, official sources said.
Officials of 1982 BCS regular batch were given top priority in promotion. Of the administration cadre members, 48 come from 1982 BCS regular batch, seven from 1981 batch and one each from 1973 and 1974 batches.
Highly placed sources said a good number of officials were dropped from the promotion list, despite recommendations by the Superior Selection Board (SSB), the seven-member authority which handles promotion of civil servants, in its final report submitted Monday.
Several names were dropped and some were included after the SSB report was sent to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for various reasons like political considerations, sources alleged.
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia approved the final promotion list and an official notification was issued late yesterday with approval of the president.
Many eligible officials having more than 85 marks, including over a dozen from 1981 batch were not promoted reportedly from 'political consideration'.
All the new joint secretaries have been made OSD (Official on Special Duty) and posted at establishment ministry until fresh assignment. Majority of the officials promoted yesterday rushed to
the ministry and submitted joining reports.
Several promoted deputy commissioners (DCs) posted in the districts also rushed to the capital to join in their new post. Some 22 DCs of different districts are in the promotion list, sources said.
Officials at important offices, including the PMO, Cabinet Division, Ministry of Establishment and AntiCorruption Bureau, private secretaries to different ministers and DCs dominated the list of promotees.
The several private secretaries to important ministers who are elevated as joint secretaries include: PS to LGRD and Cooperatives minister, PS to Social Welfare minister, PS to Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad, PS to Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs minister, and PS to state minister for Energy and Mineral Resources.
Though the promotion was long overdue, majority of junior officials has expressed satisfaction, as they think it would create vacancies in the lower tier and in turn pave way for their own promotion.