Peshawar - Superintendents and private secretaries posted in all 35 district administration and seven divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa say the doors of promotion have been closed on them.
The Nation, through a survey, has learnt that superintendents and private secretaries posted in districts administrations working under the deputy commissioners, commissioners cannot be promoted while their counterparts working in the Civil Secretariat are promoted into the Provincial Management Service (PMS) cadre.
Discussing the affairs, official sources told this correspondent that a few years ago, the scales of office assistants and superintendents were upgraded.
“A superintendent is now having BPS-17 but the problem is that he lost service structure in this upgradation of the pay scale as he cannot be promoted further. On the other hand, a superintendent working in the Civil Secretariat later joins the PMS cadre once promoted to become tehsildar and assistant commissioner afterwards,” said an official.
Superintendents, secretaries in 35 KP districts and seven divisions say they are denied further promotions, while their counterparts in Civil Secretariat have proper service structure
Elaborating further, he said that while the superintendents and private secretaries of district and divisional administrations are denied promotion, there is different policy for their counterparts working in the Civil Secretariat despite the fact that the offices of deputy commissioners and commissioners are executive ones.
It merits a mention here that there are 35 districts and seven divisions. Each district and division has at least one private secretary and one superintendent posted. Thus, there are around 80 to 85 employees who complain that their right of promotion is being violated.
This correspondent called Senior Member Board of Revenue (SMBR) Zakir Afridi and also delivered text messages on his WhatsApp number to seek his version. However, he did not respond on the issue.
The Nation, through a survey, has learnt that superintendents and private secretaries posted in districts administrations working under the deputy commissioners, commissioners cannot be promoted while their counterparts working in the Civil Secretariat are promoted into the Provincial Management Service (PMS) cadre.
Discussing the affairs, official sources told this correspondent that a few years ago, the scales of office assistants and superintendents were upgraded.
“A superintendent is now having BPS-17 but the problem is that he lost service structure in this upgradation of the pay scale as he cannot be promoted further. On the other hand, a superintendent working in the Civil Secretariat later joins the PMS cadre once promoted to become tehsildar and assistant commissioner afterwards,” said an official.
Superintendents, secretaries in 35 KP districts and seven divisions say they are denied further promotions, while their counterparts in Civil Secretariat have proper service structure
Elaborating further, he said that while the superintendents and private secretaries of district and divisional administrations are denied promotion, there is different policy for their counterparts working in the Civil Secretariat despite the fact that the offices of deputy commissioners and commissioners are executive ones.
It merits a mention here that there are 35 districts and seven divisions. Each district and division has at least one private secretary and one superintendent posted. Thus, there are around 80 to 85 employees who complain that their right of promotion is being violated.
This correspondent called Senior Member Board of Revenue (SMBR) Zakir Afridi and also delivered text messages on his WhatsApp number to seek his version. However, he did not respond on the issue.
