Critical Theory has an important place in the study of Public Administration because it questions the traditional assumption that administration is merely a neutral, technical, and objective activity. It examines how power, inequality, ideology, domination, and social interests influence administrative institutions and decision-making. Critical Theory is largely associated with the Frankfurt School thinkers such as Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, and later Jürgen Habermas. In Public Administration, its central concern is to make administration more democratic, participatory, ethical, and responsive to the needs of disadvantaged sections of society. One major importance of Critical Theory is that it challenges the idea of administrative neutrality. Traditional administrative theories often present bureaucrats as objective professionals who implement policies impartially. Critical theorists argue that administrative decisions are influenced by existing social, economic, and political power structures. Rules and procedures may sometimes benefit powerful groups more than