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Central to the issue of demise of the office of the DC is the debate regarding what exactly were the "terms of reference" of the office and whether those who held the office were performing the task.
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Linked to old debate of the role of the DC is the new issue of the role of the DCO. What exactly is he required to do? What is he doing? What is it that he ought to be doing and how? What is it that he ought not to be doing and why not?
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The big question is whether DMG has died. Whether the cadre that traces its history back to the mid 19th century exists any more with the abolition of the office of the AC, DC and the Commissioner?
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DMG may be dead or it may not be. It may live for greater glory. Or it may lose its preeminence. The question however remains that in the presence of alternative in the private or development sector, should officers stay or should they leave?
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It is a common misperception that somehow officers enjoy great perks and privileges. The leads to the common caricature of multi-acre bungalows, fleets of cars and armies of servants that feeds the scandal sheets.
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The other major civil service reform happened in 1971. There is the considered view of some senior officers that those inflicted more damage on the CSP compared to the one meted out to DMG in 2001.
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Not many outsiders are aware that the DMG is not a monolith. There are many internal schisms. The biggest one is the CSP DMG difference. According to diehards senior, the "service" died in 1973.
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There public administration system is changing. Specialists are winning the old generalist vs. specialist arguement. Therefore, officers need to arm themselves with new skills and new ideas.
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There is a school of thought the office of DC had weakened to such an extent because of corruption,poor capacity, over expansion of functions, politicization etc that it was bound to die sooner or later.
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