On April 10 in a (Andhra Jyoti) daily, “Which chambers?” The R&B department responded to a news article published under the title. The department dismissed as completely baseless and absurd the statement in the magazine article that there were no chambers for officers below the cadre of secretary. It said that the original open office policy is not being adopted in the newly constructed secretariat. R&B ENC Ganapathi Reddy released a letter explaining that Minister PSs have arranged chambers for OSDs and PAs.. There is no shortage of chambers in the newly constructed secretariat.
This is what the daily wrote:
CMO officials visited the secretariat, expressed anger against R&B ENC in the matter of chambers..CMO asked how the administration will be done in these rooms..The new secretariat has less space than the old secretariat..CMO complained about how careless the officers’ rooms are. wrote It is written in the article that although the new secretariat has an additional area of ​​three acres compared to the old secretariat, the facilities have not increased to that extent. He wrote that they gave priority to decoration only and forgot the needs. It is mentioned in the news that discussions are going on in the secretariat circles on these matters. In the article, it is stated that reliable sources said that the CMO sources were wrong about the lack of special chambers for the CM Chamber, Chief Minister’s office staff and other departments."https://feeds.abplive.com/onecms/images/uploaded-images/2023/04/10/ab783e07a783ff8b58e32dfee03930871681145039929233_original.jpg" />
Quote from Rejoinder Highlights Letter
Without any official statement, without any basis, an imaginary news story was published accusing E-in-C (R&B) He expressed his anger in the letter that he tried. Rejoinder highlights are quoted in the letter. The Telangana Government has constructed a new Integrated Secretariat Complex for Telangana State on the premises of the old Secretariat Complex. At present, the area constructed for the staff of ministers and secretaries in the Telangana Secretariat is more than the space allocated for the staff of various ministers and officials in the united state of Andhra Pradesh. The old secretariat had various buildings scattered around. But the new Secretariat has been constructed with all state of the art facilities with a view to efficient utilization of work space by integrating all departments in an integrated Secretariat complex. Out of which 59 Principal Secretary/Secretary(IAS) chambers, cells, 36 Additional Secretary/Joint Secretaries chambers, attached toilets, cells. 53 Deputy Secretary Chambers have been constructed with cells.
118 Assistant Secretaries Chambers, Clustered Work Stations for 1158 Section Officers, Assistant Section Officers/TCAS etc. in large halls. Hitavu said that it is not right to publish speculative news that additional secretaries, joint secretaries, PS to ministers, OSDs, deputy and assistant secretaries do not have chambers without knowing all these facts.. They have to work in public places. Ganapathi Reddy dismissed this news as completely baseless.
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