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High Pay, Low Work: MP Govt Pays High Salaries to 21 SAS Officers Without Matching Responsibilities

State Pays for Promotions, But Posts Remain Vacant in Madhya Pradesh Bureaucracy
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Bhopal: In a glaring example of administrative delay, 21 officers of the State Administrative Service (SAS) in Madhya Pradesh are drawing salaries and benefits of senior-level posts such as Joint Collectors, but are performing duties well below their pay grade. Despite receiving a high grade pay scale nearly two years ago, these officers are yet to be appointed to posts that match their new designations.

Promotion Without Position: A Costly Administrative Gap
By February 2025, all 21 SAS officers had been granted elevated pay scales – a move that should have led to their postings as Deputy Secretaries in the Ministry or as Additional District Magistrates (ADMs), District Panchayat CEOs, and other key administrative positions. However, the actual field postings have not been made, leaving these officers functionally underutilized while receiving higher compensation.

This discrepancy is causing losses to the state exchequer, as officers continue to draw enhanced salaries without commensurate responsibilities.

Demand for Officers Increases, But Vacancies Persist
Ironically, the demand for senior officers has risen sharply across Madhya Pradesh, both at the district and departmental levels. Administrative heads from multiple districts, including Jabalpur, Ujjain, and Tina, have raised concerns over staff shortages. Reports suggest that every third department has sought the appointment of a dedicated officer to manage operations, with appeals reaching both Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and Chief Secretary Veera Rana.

Due to this persistent officer shortage, governance and development work in several regions is reportedly getting delayed or hindered.

List of SAS Officers Awaiting Proper Roles
The officers who received the high grade pay scale but are still not posted to senior roles include

Sohan Kanam, Shobharam Solanki, Vihati Singh, Purushottam Kumar, Anil Bhana, Sunil Shukla, Prabhashankar Tripathi, Saraswat Sharma, Dhirendra Singh, Rajiv Ranjan Pandey, Sanjeev Keshav Pandey, Prakash Shakya, Anil Jain, Shahid Khan, Shailendra Hinotia, Vandana Jat, Rajesh Shah, Pushpa Putham, Dilip Pandey, Vijendra Pandey, and Chander Solanki.

Many of these officers continue to handle clerical-level or assistant roles, despite their promotions being recognized on paper.

Administrative Inaction Raising Eyebrows
The delay in reassigning responsibilities has sparked criticism from within the bureaucracy as well as from governance experts. Analysts argue that such administrative bottlenecks not only demoralize capable officers, but also hamper service delivery and efficient governance, especially when the demand for experienced personnel is higher than ever.

Unless swift action is taken, the state may continue to incur financial and administrative losses, despite having the resources – in this case, trained and promoted officers – readily available.


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