Overview

• Only about 12 of the 34 deputy collectors ordered back to their original revenue roles have complied with the recall, according to the Free Press Journal.
• Most of the recalled officers have filed petitions with the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal to challenge their transfers.
• Political lobbying through Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has further delayed the reassignments.
• Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule directed Additional Chief Secretary Rajesh Kumar to end long-term urban deputations and redeploy officers to frontline revenue duties.
• The reassignment drive aims to fill 48 vacant Additional and Deputy Collector posts to strengthen grassroots governance in underserved areas.