BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS

MOHAMMED ALI RAFATH

THE BOOKTITLE BUREAUCRACY AND

POLITICSAUTHOR MOHAMMED ALI RAFATHPRICE Rs.515 onlyPUBLICATION RAWAT PUBLICATIONGENRE RESEARCH WORK

THE AUTHOR Mohammad Ali Rafath, IAS,

is Secretary, Minorities Welfare, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.

Earlier held various important positions in Andhra Pradesh government

State Project Director, Rajiv Vidya Mission, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad

Collector and District Magistrate, Guntur

Managing Director, AP State Minorities Finance Corporation and AP Seeds Development Corporation

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BOOK PUBLISHED IN JULY, 2012. ASSUMES SIGNIFICANCE IN THE WAKE

OF STATE BUREAUCRACY OF A.P. GOVT. IN TURMOIL DUE TO ARREST OF SENIOR IAS OFFICERS.

QUESTIONS THE VERY SENSITIVE SUBJECT OF RELATIONSHIPSHIP BETWEEN THE POLITICAL EXECUTIVES AND THE BUREAUCRACY.

COMES OUT OF DIRECT EXPERIENCES OF THE AUTHOR WHO FACED QUICK TRANSFERS FOR REFUSING TO TOE THE LINE OF POLITICIANS.

PURPOSE Absence of any comprehensive legislation on All India

Services which leads to committed bureaucracy

To suggest necessary changes for future to reconstitute the relation between elected and selected executive.

MOTIVEo Lack of serious research work on the subject of All India

Services and its weakness from legislative point of view.

o Study the historical background of civil services in India and abroad.

o Revisit evolution and growth of these services from the perspective of the aims of founding fathers of Constitution.

CONTENT Genesis ,evolution and significance of

the All India Services

Transnational comparison of the civil services

Constitutional framework governing the All India Services

Service laws evolved under domain of ‘delegated legislation’

Variable and sample case laws study

Dynamics of politics and administration in India

QUALITY AND LANGUAGE

Language is technical.

Content is factual.

Research oriented and lacks narrative style.

CRITICAL ANALYSIS Lack of perspective

on other Central and All India services.

Methodology treatment of subject is hypothetico- deduction and purely qualitative.

Researches own experiences and observations

OVERALL IMPRESSION Very informative for a

reader who wants an in-depth view of the services.

Overload of data and information.

Lop sided view of the present state of administration.

The book is undoubtedly a valuable addition to the otherwise meagre material on Indian Civil Services.

THANK YOU