In his note dated 20 March 1954 to the home minister, Nehru had expressed himself in favour of taking persons from outside the government for manning specialized posts. Nehru wrote: ‘My own approach to this question is somewhat different and I think it is always good to take competent men from outside the Services for specialised posts. That tones up the Services.’ Nehru said he had already done this in so far as the Foreign Service was concerned. Nehru had underlined once again the cabinet decision that promotion should be by merit and not by seniority. He wanted a special record to be kept
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