Jaipur:The Education Department is, as of now, completely at the mercy of God. Five senior posts in the department are currently lying vacant which include the chairs of Secretary and four Deputy Secretaries.
Head of the Department,ACS Pawan Kumar Goyal,retired on January 30, yet the DoP has not made any appointment on this major post of such a major department. The additional charge of this post is on ACS Aparna Arora of Revenue Department.
There are a total of four posts of Deputy Secretaries in the department and it is surprising that as on today, all these posts are lying vacant and the responsibilities of five senior officials is on a single JS.
What is important to note here is the fact that while Aparna Arora has the additional charge of the department, her hands are full with the ‘full-time job’ of Revenue Department. She is engrossed in the marathon work of constitution of new districts and thus, she does not have the time to look into the works related to Education Department. She only clears the routine files.
Without the Deputy Secretaries, the number of files have amassed in four offices. On top of that, the rules denote that only after passing through deputy minister Zahida Khan will the files go to Minister Bulakidas Kalla and the handful of files that are being passed, that too are taking several days to pass through deputy minister’s office.
Word is that the department’s working has been stopped completely & even Director Gaurav Agarwal, posted in Bikaner, is also surprised and troubled.
