Marwein alleges of being denied of getting posted as new Meghalaya CS

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaDecember 23, 2019

SHILLONG: Additional chief secretary H Marwein has submitted a petition alleging that he was wrongfully denied to be posted as the chief secretary of the state.

The petition was submitted to the incumbent chief secretary PS Thangkhiew on Monday, soon after the government issues a notification to appoint MS Rao as the new chief secretary upon retirement of Thangkhiew on December 31.

Marwein while referring to the government notification said Rao from the IAS 1987 batch has been posted as chief secretary superseding him as he belongs to the 1985 batch IAS of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Marwein said he has served for 34 years in various capacities in the state government without any blemish in his administrative record.

“It is therefore distressing that the undersigned has been superseded without any valid reason to the post of chief secretary after serving the state for so many years with integrity and honesty.

The undersigned has upheld the highest standard of moral and ethical behavior during his 34 years in the service and now has only about 8 months to serve in the government,” he said.

He also alleged that a lot of baseless rumours about his personal behavior has been circulated so as to undermine his rightful claim to the post of chief secretary.

Stating that this supersession has set an unhealthy precedent in the state, Marwein said it will allow for unhealthy competition among officers for securing this highest post in the government administrative machinery in future.

According to him, the post of chief secretary in this state has always been given to the senior most IAS officer serving in the state.

The senior IAS officer said he feels that he has been wrongfully denied of this post in the fag-end of his administrative career.

“I would therefore request the government to kindly reconsider this matter so that I may rightfully be given the post of chief secretary to which the undersigned is entitled to as per seniority and past precedent in the state,” Marwein stated in the petition.