PATNA, March 10 -- The state government's decision to reserve the post of deputy collector land reforms (DCLR) for the Bihar administrative cadre (BAS) to deny the posting of Bihar revenue services (BRS) officers on it has triggered the statewide stir by the circle officers, revenue officers and other staff. The strike entered the second day on Tuesday.

A senior officer of the Indian administrative service (IAS) cadre, wishing not to be quoted, said that the BRS officers got enraged as the government refused to post them on the DCLR's posts in gross disregard to the Patna high court's orders. The court had in June last year directed the state government to post the officers of BRS as DCRLs, which were occupied by the officers of BAS for ...