A delegation of MES held meeting with Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh to press for cadre review
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New Delhi (27/10/18) A delegation of MES (Military Engineering Service) officials, representing All India MES Barrack & Stores Cadre Association today met Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh and sought the intervention of the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) for issues related to their cadre review.
The members of the delegation appreciated the gesture of Dr Jitendra Singh for having spared his valuable time and spent over 20 minutes discussing their matter in detail. They also noted that it was after 70 years of independence that under the present government, on 15th December 2017, the first-ever cadre review of Barrack & Store Cadre of MES had got approved.
The delegation submitted a memorandum pointing out that based on certain inputs which, according to them, were incorrect, from the Ministry of Defence and DG (Pers) of E-in-C, the issue of creation of one post of Joint Director General (Resource) has got complicated. Later, the DoPT also raised certain queries and the matter has got delayed.
The members of the delegation requested the Minister to take a considerate view and issue directions to the concerned officials to revisit their promotion file so that the queries raised by the DoPT could be resolved. Dr Jitendra Singh gave a patient hearing to the delegation.
He issued directions to the concerned officials to study the case in depth and suggest what best could be done under the circumstances.
