The Supreme Court on Wednesday highlighted the ongoing tussle between civil servants from 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 observed that IAS officers often assert their dominance over their IPS and IFS counterparts.
"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 observation came while the Court was hearing an environmental matter, during which concerns were raised about IAS officers directing forest officers to comply with their orders.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, the Central government's second senior-most law officer, assured the Court that efforts would be made to address and resolve such internal conflicts among officers.
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