The recent elevation of deputy secretaries to the posts of joint secretaries has provoked anger among bureaucrats of the same status left out of promotion in the civil administration.
The resentment surfaced following the promotion order of 72 deputy secretaries on Tuesday night. Earlier, 345 deputy secretaries were promoted to the status of joint secretary on July 18.
The ministry also decided to promote two officers to joint secretary who are now in lien.
A number of promotion-deprived officers told the Dhaka Tribune that they were very upset as they were left out of the promotion list despite what they said their “efficiency and qualification.”
They claimed that the ministry had given promotion to 345 deputy secretaries on July 18 depriving a huge number of qualified officers.
The officers, who preferred not to be identified, claimed those who were deprived of promotion were not involved in any politics and most of them were identified as honest officers in the civil bureaucracy.
Though the prime minister assured the officers of promotion and ordered the ministry and board concerned to promote qualified officer they were left out, they added.
According to the officers, a total of 132 officers of 1985 batch were deprived in the September 10 promotion order. Some of the officers were deprived for the third time.
A total of 12 officers of 82 batch were deprived for the sixth time, 50 officers of 84 batch for fourth time and 30 officers of 86 batch for the second time.
Expressing their reaction the deputy secretaries told the Dhaka Tribune that the deprivation for the first time was different but it’s unbearable when they were left out times and again.
“We were not considered while at least half of the promoted officers belonging either to BNP or Jamaat politics have been promoted.”
They said they gave up hope of getting promotion during the tenure of the present government saying: “We hope the government will reconsider our case otherwise it will bring disaster for the government,”
But, the officials of public administration ministry said there was no possibility of reconsidering their case. The ministry would soon start working to promote the joint secretaries to the posts of additional secretary.