INDIAN BOSSES- III

This is a condensed version of the report found in SVSR s files,after his death.

Submitted to E.D (A), APSRTC by SVSR DY CHIEF MECHANICAL ENGINEER.,APSRTC ,CUDAPA.
I was appointed as the chairman of the committee to recruit drivers in cudapah division.
The driving test was done by me,and I noted the result against each candidate.In case of candidates who were on border , I took the assistance of other officers to assess and 99% of the cases the results tallied.Each candidate was given two trials, because some candidates might not have performed in the first test due to the nervousness.The vehicle was demonstrated to the candidates to be in good condition ,before and after each individual test.
The honourable board member Dr N.Tulasi reddy called me and asked about the results of the candidates he recommended. The board member who came to know only 3 of his candidates are selected,wanted the list to be kept pending,till he speaks to head office.
The honourable minister for labour P. Sivareddy called me and gave a list of 26 names to be selected as drivers.He insisted that all the 26 should be selected.Minister wanted selected list should be shown to him before publication.
On the last day of the interview I contacted E.D.(o)on phone ,who asked me to
contact E.D.(A).He said that that there is no compromising on driving test and advised the list I prepared be published immediately.On 2nd october 1987 ,we have published the list after working continuously for 12hours.
On 10th october, I was called by the minister. He sent away all the people around him in his room and following conversation took place.He said that officials do not know how to behave with orders of minister.Because of long service I have become termagant and have lot of head weight.When he asked for 26 to be selected only 6 are selected.This looks like a matter of gratis .He used vulgar language about board director.He said that requests are not at all use full with officers like me,only threats will work.
I explained to him that out of 26 candidates recommended ,only 12 satisfied eligibility criteria like height ,education and only 6 passed driving test.
He threatened that the head office will not come to my rescue , if he sends a group of 50 people onto my house.I replied that I believe in god and not in men.

P.S 1.The minister who used to be called "bambula sivareddy", was killed in a dastardly manner in the streets of Hyderabad in a bomb attack.
retribution?
poetic justice?
irony?
PS2 SVSR came to Kavali and stayed here for 3 or 4 days after interviw was over. He told me that he pasted the list late in the night and came off here immediately.He never mentioned the incidents to any body (even to SBD). Gopal found this file in his papers.