The democratic polity requires an honest and efficient Civil Service. The roots of the Civil Service go back a long way stated to have arisen from the ancient Egyptian Civilization flourishing as early as 3,000 B.C.

1.2. Kautilya's Arthasastra in India is a treatise on the administrative apparatus. This is a reflection of the significance of a proper administration in any governance. It is also a reflection of the historical importance given to proper administration in our country. The Mughal regime did not lose the significance of this administrative apparatus, though they developed their own bureaucratic system which continued till the British time with the implementation of the Macaulay's Report requiring the best and the brightest for the Indian Civil Service in the background of what in his own words was “such high moral values, people of such calibre, the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage”. Macaulay's Report perceived the Indian Civil Service (ICS) recruitment not as a matter of favour, but a matter of right and the report said, “He who obtains such an appointment will owe it solely to his own abilities and industry”.

1.3. The daw