You head a district administration department. A senior officer plans to inspect land in Rampur village for a school. The file shows the plot was acquired cheaply from the Panchayat, has only two of three suitability clearances, and lacks the architect's certification. On visiting, you find the plot is part of Thakurgarh Fort, inconvenient for children, expensive to develop, raises heritage concerns, and was acquired when the Sarpanch was related to your predecessor, suggesting vested interests.(a) List likely vested interests.(b) Evaluate the options of awaiting the superior's visit, seeking written/phone advice, consulting predecessor/colleagues, finding an alternate plot and submitting a comprehensive report, or any other justified option.
What the examiner wants
For the case beginning ‘You head a district administration department. A senior officer plans to inspect land in Rampur village for a school. The file sho’, resolve the Case Study dilemma by identifying its specific stakeholders and competing duties, comparing feasible options, and choosing a legally defensible, ethically reasoned course with safeguards.
Demand-wise check
- 1From the exact case cue ‘You head a district administration department. A senior officer plans to inspect land in Rampur village for a school. The fil’, identify the stakeholders and ethical/legal conflicts specific to this situation≈80 words
- 2For ‘You head a district administration department. A senior officer plans to inspect land in Rampur village for a school. The fil’, compare the decision-maker's feasible options, including consequences, rights/duties and implementation risks for each option≈80 words
- 3For ‘You head a district administration department. A senior officer plans to inspect land in Rampur village for a school. The fil’, justify a preferred course with due process, transparency/accountability safeguards and concrete follow-up measures≈80 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Where marks usually go
- For the case cue ‘You head a district administration department. A senior officer plans to inspect land in Rampur village for a school. Th’, avoid merely retelling facts without separating its stakeholders, conflicts and decision criteria
- For the case cue ‘You head a district administration department. A senior officer plans to inspect land in Rampur village for a school. Th’, do not choose an option without testing legality, feasibility, consequences and accountability safeguards
Value addition
- Stakeholder–dilemma–option matrix with a short decision flow
→ Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.
Official source anchors
These are authoritative sources selected for this exact PYQ. Where a card is an official-domain anchor rather than a fact-level citation, verify the precise provision, definition or data point on the linked source before using it.
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