UP: 200 IAS officers dream to be collectors

Lucknow: About 200 IAS officers of batches from 2006 to 2015 are hoping to become collectors in the new year in Uttar Pradesh.

It is a very difficult task to become a collector in UP because the number of IAS officers who are in the race of collector in 75 districts is 200.
In such a situation, 3 to 4 IAS officers come in the competition list in one district.

After the electoral roll revision work of the Election Commission of India is over, collectors can be transferred in UP. There are also chances that transfers may be done after the Global Investors Summit to be held in February.

The increasing number of IAS officers in the state is spoiling the aspirations of many IAS officers. There are 3 main reasons, one, the number of IAS officers is very high in every match, making it difficult to become a collector, second reason is that IAS officers of direct recruitment are constantly marrying IAS officers of other cadres and bringing them to UP.

The third reason is that the Yogi government does not believe in changing the collector repeatedly. CM Yogi knows very well how to get better performance from an officer.

Out of 51 IAS officers of 2014 batch, only 10 IAS officers have been able to become collector last year, 41 IAS officers still could not become collector whereas in the year 2023, 35 IAS officers of 2015 batch are in the race to become collector.