civil services

The Government is firm on enforcing the rule of a minimum tenure of two years for cadre posts of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers.The Government had brought in a fixed-tenure of two years for key posts such as the Cabinet Secretary, Home Secretary, Director of Intelligence Bureau and chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).Though a notification, amending the IAS (cadre) rules, was issued on August 24 last year after consultations with State Governments, only Jammu and Kashmir gave its consent to the minimum two-year fixed tenure.An officer may be transferred before the minimum tenure only on the recommendation of a Committee on Minimum Tenure. The committee or the Civil Services Board shall seek detailed justification for the transfer of an officer before the minimum tenure from the administrative department concerned