Maharashtra- The Maratha Revolt

the IAS may well agree to the status of the IPS being raised up to a level Just below itself but not quite on par. The chief ministers have already sensed this attitude and are quite firm that no other class I services should be eiven the same boost as the IPS. They have turned down the demands of other dass I services for narrowing the disparities between them and the IAS. The entire raison d'etre of the hierarchical bureaucratic structure would disappear if there were no clear stratification between