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“I’m an Easy Target”: Madhya Pradesh Bureaucrat Transferred for Fourth Time in a Year

From Hindustan Times · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Indian Administrative Service officer Neha Marvya was transferred for the fourth time in a year, prompting her to write to the IAS Association.
  • She said short postings prevented her from understanding her work and alleged that subordinates threatened to have her transferred.
  • Her latest transfer followed a staff pen-down protest after she issued notices seeking explanations.

Neha Marvya, a 2011-batch Indian Administrative Service officer, has been transferred for the fourth time in a year. She said the repeated moves had left her demoralized and asked the IAS Association how she could work when her tenures lasted only two or three months.

By the time I understand the charge, I get removed.

· Neha MarvyaShe described the effect of repeated short postings in her letter to the IAS Association.

“By the time I understand the charge, I get removed,” Marvya wrote. Her latest transfer came less than two months after she became director of the Tribal Area Development Project. She was appointed managing director of the Madhya Pradesh Scheduled Tribe Finance and Development Corporation, a position equivalent to additional secretary.

The move followed a pen-down protest by employees after Marvya issued notices seeking explanations. In a letter posted to the association’s WhatsApp group, she said she had been transferred within 50 days of taking charge and felt demotivated despite always accepting official orders respectfully.

I have always accepted orders respectfully, but this time I feel demotivated.

· Neha MarvyaShe reacted to being transferred 50 days after taking charge.

Marvya alleged that subordinates had thumped her desk and threatened to secure her transfer. She said she reported insubordination and the withholding of files, but was removed instead. “An officer hardly understands the work in a month,” she wrote, adding that the transfer had humiliated her.

An officer hardly understands the work in a month. Yet I have been humiliated by this transfer.

· Neha MarvyaShe criticized the short tenure and her removal from the post.

She said she had remained patient for years while hoping conditions would improve. The IAS Association had not responded to her letter. The article also recalled earlier disputes involving Marvya, including her removal as Dindori collector after eight months in January 2025 and a 2022 allegation that a principal secretary prevented her from taking charge of a revenue department posting.

Always conspirators win, and I fail. The system has failed me. Today it is me, tomorrow another IAS officer will be the target.

· Neha MarvyaShe described her broader frustration with the civil service system.
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Originally published by Hindustan Times in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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