Lite byte | Postponement puzzle

When everyone, including ministers in the government, thought local body elections would be completed by March, the state government sprang a surprise by deferring polls. With a view to holding the elections, the CM recently held marathon meetings in his anteroom with the chief secretary and senior IAS officers. In one minister’s office, the PS and OSD are at loggerheads - one making sure the other’s instructions never see the light of day. A minister recently took a perfectly legitimate request of a person to a senior IAS officer, expecting smooth approval.