Malda Training Diary - Administrative Training Institute
Malda Training Diary - Administrative Training Institute
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could state we could not consider these owing to severe limitation of time. The salary upper<br />
limit will have to be raised to Rs.4000/- p.a. from Rs.3000/- (lower limit is Rs.500/-).<br />
Otherwise many will not be eligible. Made notes of particularly needy & badly damaged<br />
cases.<br />
In afternoon, at 5 p.m. left for Cal with M.S.Bhattacharyya & G.C.Chakraborty. MSB was<br />
taking a Civil Rule on Estate Acquisition along with him. I went to get books for Collectorate<br />
within Rs.100/- (since NDC has surrendered Rs. 200/- I found!).<br />
Before this, selected door & window screens, bed covers & sheets for DB.<br />
DM is leaving in April first week and wants to brief us before he leaves.<br />
24.3.1972<br />
Reached Cal at 1 a.m. Bought books available in our syllabus, most of them being out of<br />
print. Hence had to purchase private publications.<br />
Also called on Mansure Habibullah, CPM defeated candidate (by 59,000 votes) and Govt.<br />
appointed lawyer, for the case with MSB. He asked us to see him on Sunday when he would<br />
have everything ready.<br />
Saturday, 25.3.1972<br />
Purchased law books on Land Reforms & Estate Acquisition. Got my Provisional LPC. No.<br />
other IAS probationer inW.B. has got it.<br />
Sunday, 26.3.1972<br />
Got lawyer’s advice on the suit.<br />
27.3.1972<br />
Work done<br />
Return to <strong>Malda</strong><br />
Establishment section training<br />
Information<br />
Left Cal at 5 a.m. and reached <strong>Malda</strong> at 2 p.m.; a total of 818 Km.<br />
Attended Establishment Section and learnt how to draw up salary bills. Estt. deals with<br />
salary, TA/DA, leave etc. of staff. Head Clerk Dhiren Babu complained of it being a wholly<br />
thankless task, & involving abuse from every quarter! He draw up my salary bill as an<br />
example (most welcome!).<br />
The H.C. is Shri Dhiren Saha, joined Govt. service in 1941 & is in this post since June, 1970.<br />
At DM’s met Prof. S. Chakraborty, Head of English, <strong>Malda</strong> College, & the Dy. Controller of<br />
Exams of North Bengal University.<br />
28.3.1972<br />
Work done<br />
Establishment <strong>Training</strong>.<br />
Sent letters to AG (WB) about pay for 1-14 January.<br />
Wrote to Dy. Dir. PLI for pass book for my PLI Account.<br />
Information<br />
I entered all the new stuff bought into the Dak Bungalow stock register in the morning.<br />
Two new Sub-Dy. Coll. (prob) have arrived in DB:<br />
Paritosh Samajdar [Ex Estt. UDC, Writers for (1+1/2) years.<br />
Joyram Banerjee [Ex Sanskrit teacher, Berhampore]<br />
So now in <strong>Malda</strong> there is a record number of 7 probationers.<br />
In Estt. I looked up the ancient Chapman Report on functioning of Dist. Admn. &<br />
suggestions for improvement. At that time every Collector maintained staff was inadequate.<br />
<strong>Malda</strong> had 32. Now has 250 & same complaint! Estt. should have 12 clerks, but has 3 only.<br />
Consequently, guard files are in a mess and work is affected. There ought to be separate<br />
guard files for leave, pension, pay, TA etc. & specialist clerks for each. The O.S. has refused<br />
to forward the Estt. Head Clerk’s plea, so I personally took it to Sr.DC who fully agreed &