MOHAMMED ALI RAFATH TITLE BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS AUTHOR

MOHAMMED ALI RAFATH

TITLE BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS AUTHOR MOHAMMED ALI RAFATH PRICE Rs. 515 only PUBLICATION RAWAT PUBLICATION GENRE RESEARCH WORK

� � 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 �

� 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 RELATIONSHIP 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.

� 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.

o 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.

� 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

� Language � is technical. Content is factual. � Research oriented and lacks narrative style.

� 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

� Very informative for a reader who wants an indepth 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.