00884pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001600040245004200056260000900098300001500107362001200122520054600134650002600680773004400706180718b2006   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aGupta, D.C.  aCurbing marginalisation of the honest  c2006  ap.741-745.  aOct-Dec  aIndian administrative system is a hierarchical system where procedures are inevitable and essential. But unfortunately the systems at time become prisons of the procedures and often these systems are hijacked by unscrupulous and prejudiced elements. There is hardly a reliable mechanism which can discuss honest exercise of discretion from willful acts. The present practice of witch hunting even at the senior levels on the basis of uninvestigated allegations or on account of on-going investigations should be done away with. - Reproduced.  aPublic administration  aIndian Journal of Public Administration