Consider the following statements:1. The Chief Secretary in a State is appointed by the Governor of that State.2. The Chief Secretary in a State has a fixed tenure.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
✓ Correct answer: d) Neither 1 nor 2
ExplanationStatement 1 is incorrect: The Chief Secretary is ‘chosen’ by the Chief Minister.As the appointment of Chief Secretary is an executive action of the Chief Minister, it is taken in the name of the Governor of the State.Statement 2 is incorrect: Though the Administrative Reforms Commission, in its report on State Administration in 1969, had recommended that a Chief Secretary should have a minimum tenure of three to four years, there is no fixed tenure for the post of Chief Secretary of a State.SUPER HINT S1 aligns with Function-person/organisation/ministry match trap as its easy to manipulate to make it false.Is it CM or Governor?For S2, "Fixed tenure", it can be negated by just real life observation of system around you.Such a top post bureaucratic having fixed tenure, wow!252
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