Provincial Civil Service (IAST: Pr??t?ya Sivila Sev?), often abbreviated to as PCS, is the administrative civil service under Group A state service of the executive branch of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. It is also the feeder service for Indian Administrative Service in the state.
PCS officers hold various posts at sub-divisional, district, divisional and state level from conducting revenue administration and maintenance of law and order. The Department of Appointment and Personnel of the Government of Uttar Pradesh is the cadre-controlling authority of the service. Along with the Provincial Police Service (PPS) and the Provincial Forest Service (PFS), the PCS is one of the three feeder services to its respective All India Services.
Video Provincial Civil Service (Uttar Pradesh)
Recruitment
The recruitment to the service is made on the basis of an annual competitive examination conducted by Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission. One-third of PCS quota is filled by promotion from Uttar Pradesh Lower Provincial Civil Service. PCS officers, regardless of their mode of entry, are appointed by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh.
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Responsibilities of PCS officer
The typical functions performed by a PCS officer are:
- To collect land revenue and function as courts in matters of revenue and crime (revenue courts and criminal courts of executive magistrate), to maintain law and order, to implement Union and State Government policies at the grass-root level when posted at field positions i.e. as sub-divisional magistrate, additional city magistrate, city magistrate, additional district magistrate and additional divisional commissioner. And to act as the agent of the government on the field, i.e. to act as the intermediate between public and the government.
- To handle the administration and daily proceedings of the government, including formulation and implementation of policy in consultation with the minister-in-charge, additional chief secretary/principal secretary and secretary of the concerned department.
Career progression
After completing their training, a PCS officer generally serves at the tehsil level as sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs). After that, they get promoted to first, city magistrate, and later, additional district magistrate. Most districts have two to three posts of ADMs, most common of them being ADM (City), ADM (Finance/Revenue) and ADM (Executive). After a few years of service as they are also promoted to chief development officer (CDO). A CDO looks after rural development, and enjoys general superintendence over most sectoral development in a district. At the divisional level, PCS officers are posted as additional divisional commissioners. Most divisions have two to three such posts, most common of them being Additional Commissioner (Judicial), Additional Commissioner (Revenue) and Additional Commissioner (Executive). At the state secretariat, PCS officers serve as special secretaries, joint secretaries and, in rare instances, as deputy secretaries.
In municipal corporations administered by the Department of Urban Development, PCS officers serve as municipal commissioners and additional municipal commissioners. In development authorities administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Planning, PCS officers generally serve as secretaries and -- in rare instances -- as vice chairmen. PCS officers also serve as deputy CEOs and additional CEOs in Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway Authorities, which come under the Department of Infrastructure and Industrial Development. On a deputation, a PCS officer can be sent to one of the various directorates and state PSUs.
After completion of two decades of service, those PCS officers who were directly recruited by Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) get promoted to the Indian Administrative Service, after confirmation by the Department of Personnel and Training of Government of India and the Union Public Service Commission. One-third of the total IAS strength in Uttar Pradesh is reserved for PCS officers (SCS quota).
Salary structure
Most PCS officers (only those who were directly recruited by UPPSC) get promoted to IAS after getting pay level 14. Those who don't get promotion to IAS then get pay level 15, and get classified as 'superseded'.
Major concerns and reforms
Promotion to IAS
According to the Indian Administrative Service (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955, PCS officers are eligible for promotion to IAS after completion of eight years of service. But in reality, they are generally promoted to IAS after two decades in service.
Some PCS officers moved to the Allahabad High Court, due to the anomalies in their seniority which slowed down their promotion for almost one decade. The matter was resolved in 2012 as mentioned in their latest gradation list.
Political influence
Directly recruited IAS officers often complain about promotee IAS officers are given preference in field postings due to their close proximity to politicians which they form in two decades of their service. Since the state government were often ruled by regional parties, many politicians allegedly fix 'their men' as divisional commissioners and district magistrates.
Also, an inquiry of recruitment of PCS officers by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) from 2012, by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has been started.
Corruption
Recently two PCS officers were suspended by the state government for an alleged land scam of INR26 crore (equivalent to INR27 crore or US$3.7 million in 2017). The house of a promotee IAS officer and a former district magistrate and collector of Ghaziabad, Vimal Kumar house was raided by the Income Tax Department.
Notable PCS Officers
Some of the notable members of the service are as follows:-
- Rinku Singh Rahi
- Sri Lal Sukla
- Hardeo Singh
- Manoj Kumar Chauhan
References
External links
Source of article : Wikipedia
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