The Supreme Court on Wednesday commented that IAS officers always attempt to show their supremacy over IPS and IFS officers.
The court commented on an ongoing battle of egos between civil servants belonging to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and those from the Indian Police Service (IPS) and the Indian Forest Service (IFS).
A Bench of Justices BR Gavai and Augustine George Masih remarked:
“IAS always wants to show their supremacy over IPS or IFS. This is from my experience as a government pleader and judge as well. This conflict is there in all states and there is heartburn among IPS and IFS that ‘though they are from same cadre why should they be hearing IAS,”Justice Gavai said.
The Court was hearing an environmental matter when the issue of IAS officers asking forest officers to follow their order came up.
The Central government's second senior-most law officer, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, assured the Court that it will try to resolve such internal conflicts between officers.
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