1. MOHAMMED ALI RAFATH

3. TITLE BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS AUTHOR MOHAMMED ALI RAFATH PRICE Rs.515 only PUBLICATION RAWAT PUBLICATION GENRE RESEARCH WORK

4.  Mohammad Ali Rafath, IAS, is Secretary, Minorities Welfare, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.  Earlier held various important positions in Andhra Pradesh government  State Project Director, Rajiv Vidya Mission, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad  Collector and District Magistrate, Guntur  Managing Director, AP State Minorities Finance Corporation and AP Seeds Development Corporation

5.  PUBLISHED IN JULY, 2012.  ASSUMES SIGNIFICANCE IN THE WAKE OF STATE BUREAUCRACY OF A.P. GOVT. IN TURMOIL DUE TO ARREST OF SENIOR IAS OFFICERS.  QUESTIONS THE VERY SENSITIVE SUBJECT OF RELATIONSHIPSHIP BETWEEN THE POLITICAL EXECUTIVES AND THE BUREAUCRACY.  COMES OUT OF DIRECT EXPERIENCES OF THE AUTHOR WHO FACED QUICK TRANSFERS FOR REFUSING TO TOE THE LINE OF POLITICIANS.

6.  Absence of any comprehensive legislation on All India Services which leads to committed bureaucracy  To suggest necessary changes for future to reconstitute the relation between elected and selected executive.

7. o Lack of serious research work on the subject of All India Services and its weakness from legislative point of view. o Study the historical background of civil services in India and abroad. o Revisit evolution and growth of these services from the perspective of the aims of founding fathers of Constitution.

8.  Genesis,evolution and significance of the All India Services  Transnational comparison of the civil services  Constitutional framework governing the All India Services  Service laws evolved under domain of ‘delegated legislation’  Variable and sample case laws study  Dynamics of politics and administration in India

9.  Language is technical.  Content is factual.  Research oriented and lacks narrative style.

10.  Lack of perspective on other Central and All India services.  Methodology treatment of subject is hypothetico- deduction and purely qualitative.  Researches own experiences and observations

11.  Very informative for a reader who wants an in- depth view of the services.  Overload of data and information.  Lop sided view of the present state of administration.  The book is undoubtedly a valuable addition to the otherwise meagre material on Indian Civil Services.