Madhya Pradesh government to forcibly retire non-performing employees

Chief minister Kamal Nath on Friday asked the heads of all the departments to do a screening of the works done by all the officers and employees of their respective departments and prepare a list of underperforming and non-performing employees.

Updated on: Jul 7, 2019, 08:24:46 IST

Hindustan Times, Bhopal | By Shruti Tomar

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The Madhya Pradesh government has plans to forcibly retire non-performing officers and employees from government services.

Chief minister Kamal Nath on Friday asked the heads of all the departments to do a screening of the works done by all the officers and employees of their respective departments and prepare a list of underperforming and non-performing employees.

According to the list, non-performing officers, who have completed either 50 years of age or 20 years of service, will be given compulsory retirement, while others will be served show cause notice, an officer said.

The decision was taken after having a review meeting with all the departments. “The working of many departments needs to be improved. The government needs qualified and competent people who can come up with innovative ideas and give results timely for the ease of living of people. For that purpose, we need to remove the incompetent officers,” said Nath.

Chief secretary SR Mohanty said the CM had given a time of one month to complete the screening. “The heads of all the departments will review the performance of employees of the past few years,” he added.

“In a review meeting, the reason behind the poor working of some departments including electricity, public works, public health engineering, health, education, urban administration, and others were found out to be some officers’ unwillingness to work. They hardly showed any interest in improving their work. The ministers of the respective departments also complained the same to the CM” said an officer, who did not wish to be named.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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