Chandigarh, April 1 -- The corridors of Punjab's bureaucratic offices are echoing with uncertainty as at least four Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, two Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, and a Provincial Civil Service (PCS) officer find themselves in a peculiar predicament - waiting for new assignments after being unexpectedly relieved of their previous postings.
Of these, one officer has been awaiting a posting for over five months, while a senior IPS officer has been in limbo for 42 days. Another officer has been without an assignment for 35 days, one for 29 days, while others' waiting periods range from 12 days to just a day.
If bureaucrats were to form a 'No Posting Club', PCS officer Damanjeet Singh Mann would be its...