What's the IFS vs IAS row in MP about? A look at its genesis, latest trigger & related 2000 SC ruling

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Bhopal: An order issued by the Mohan Yadav-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Madhya Pradesh has had officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) and Indian Administrative Service (IAS) at loggerheads for the past few months...

The 29 June order, which mandated a review of district-level IFS officers from IAS officers posted as district collectors for the forest officers annual appraisal process, was viewed by IFS officers as a bid to subvert its independence by bringing it under the purview of the IAS...

Changing rules laid down in 2016, in an order dated 29 June, 2024, the Madhya Pradesh government mandated the Conservator of Forests (CF) or the Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF)the reporting authority for Divisional Forest Officers (DFOs)to seek a review and comments from district collectors, while preparing the DFOs Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR)...

Directing chief secretaries of all states to implement the directions of the court after the 2000 judgment, the Ministry of Environment and Forests had said in a letter, dated 8 November, 2001, that APARs of all officers up to the rank of Additional PCCF were to be written by immediate supervisors within the IFS...

However, the panel report had stated, If required, a report about the performance of the forest officers in implementation of the welfare scheme may be sent by the Assistant Collector, District Collector of District Commissioner to the designated reporting officer, which would be taken in to consideration by the reporting officer while writing their CRs...

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