Confusion prevailed in the administrative section of the forest department after the deputy commissioner of Nuh on Friday ordered that an IAS officer to take over the post of divisional forest officer. However, the order, itself, created chaos in the forest department as the tops officials were of opinion that the notice is not a valid order. An IAS officer cannot be given charge of an IFS officer. The forest department was not even made aware of the situation before the decision was taken,” RP Balwan, (retd) conservator of forest, South Haryana, said. Earlier, the forest officials of Gurgaon and Faridabad had alleged that the ACS had forced them to change the land use of an area and had also threatened them with dire consequences when they refused to follow his orders.

Source: Hindustan Times August 19, 2017 15:11 UTC