The newly formed Ashok Gehlot led Rajasthan government, put a smile on the faces of officers by promoting them to the next ranks on the first day of new year. A total of 120 officers, including 51 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and 41 Indian Police Service (IPS) personnel were promoted by the state government.
This is the first major step taken by the Rajasthan government to appreciate the efforts made by the officers for maintaining law and order across the region.
The development came a day after the Gehlot government approved a proposal to amend Rules-12 and Rule-17 of the state Judicial Service Rules, 2010. According to the existing provisions for state services, one can now have access to the benefit of age exemption in the Rajasthan judicial services with amendments made in the existing rules.
As per the Rajasthan Judicial Service (Amendment) Rule 2018, the minimum age limit for general category in Rajasthan judicial service has been reduced from 23 to 21 years and maximum age limit is increased from 35 to 40 years. Simultaneously, it has been decided to give 1 percent reservation to the Backward Classes in the Rajasthan Judicial Service.
Earlier on December 25, In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Ashok Gehlot led Rajasthan government transferred 68 IAS officers, including 27 collectors, as per a release of the Department of Personnel.
Since the Ashok Gehlot has taken over the charge of the top post in Rajasthan, he had also reserves many changes of the outgoing BJP Government. The Congress-led government in its first Cabinet meeting has decided to remove the condition of minimum qualification required to contest civic elections, which was made mandatory by the previous government.
Prior to this, the new government in the state has decided that the photograph of Deendayal Upadhyay that features on government letter pads would be removed “with immediate effect” and replaced by the national emblem.