BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS

This is a scholarly work relating to the growth of service jurisprudence in the domain of All India Services. The author has very assiduously and painstakingly dealt with the historical evolution of Indian Civil Service leading to the creation of All India Services, viz., IAS, IPS, IFS, and passing of All India Services Act, 1954. It melds a deep understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of administration with profound insights into nitty-gritty issues relating to practical problems of public service.

The part of the book where the author has compared civil services in other countries, especially England, with Indian Civil Service, is very important and adds a great deal of value to the book. The book also deals with the question of the relationship between the political executive and the bureaucracy which is a very sensitive subject not only in India but in other democracies of the world as well.

The book is undoubtedly a valuable addition to the otherwise meagre material on Indian Civil Services and will prove equally useful to the bureaucrats, policy makers and students.