Gujarat Administrative Service
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Gujarat Administrative Service (IAST: Gujarāta Vahīvaṭī Sēvā), often abbreviated to as GAS, is the administrative civil service of the Government of Gujarat comprising Group A posts. It is also the feeder service for Indian Administrative Service in the state.[2]
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Founded | 7 November 1974 |
State | Gujarat |
Staff College | Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration, Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
Cadre Controlling Authority | Personnel Division, General Administration Department, Government of Gujarat |
Minister Responsible | Bhupendra Patel, Chief Minister of Gujarat and Minister of General Administration Department |
Legal personality | Governmental: Civil service |
Current Cadre Strength | 880 members[1] |
Selection | State Civil Services Examination |
Association | GAS Association |
Head of the State Civil Services | |
Chief Secretary | Raj Kumar, IAS |
Additional Chief Secretary (GAD) | Kamal Dayani, IAS |
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GAS officers hold various posts at sub-divisional, district and state level from conducting revenue administration and maintenance of law and order. The Personnel Division in General Administrative Department of the Government of Gujarat is the cadre-controlling authority of the service. Along with the Gujarat Police Service (GPS) and the Gujarat Forest Service (GFS), the GAS is one of the three feeder services to its respective All India Services.