Married IAS, IPS, IFoS Officers can opt for same State Cadre : ACC

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed service rules to allow married IAS and IPS officers to get the same cadre state.

At present, there is no provision in the existing guidelines for cases where officers from the all-India services – the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS) – can opt for the cadre of their spouse as their home cadre.

The decision to amend the rules is triggered by a unique case of 2011-batch IAS officer P Parthiban, who is married to his batch mate and Tamil Nadu cadre IPS officer Nisha, who hails from Delhi.

Parthiban is a native of Tamil Nadu and has been allocated the Union Territories cadre, that includes Delhi.

The couple had sought the same cadre citing their marriage, as civil services rules allow it. However, the rules bar any member of the service from working in his or her home state.

This matter was put up before a committee, which had then recommended change in guidelines. these new norms have now been approved by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) headed by Modi.

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Courtesy: The quint