J&K Chief Secretary reviews recruitment progress, urges fast-track filling of vacant posts
The meeting was attended by the concerned Administrative Secretaries, Chairperson of JKSSB, Secretary JKPSC, and representatives from different departments.
The meeting was attended by the concerned Administrative Secretaries, Chairperson of JKSSB, Secretary JKPSC, and representatives from different departments.
Expressing displeasure over vacancies in teacher posts in government-run schools, the Orissa High Court has directed the State government to furnish Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) in all the schools in the State, specifically mentioning the existing vacancies and the steps being taken to fill the same up.
Approximately 46,000 active police posts are lying vacant in West Bengal as of now, according to information provided by the state police directorate to the Election Commission of India (ECI) through the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.
The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) has announced dates for the 70th Combined Competitive Examination (Mains) amid enhanced protest by the BPSC aspirants demanding reexamination of the 70th PT examination.
The Orissa High Court has directed the state government to take immediate steps to fill up the vacancies of investigating officers and public prosecutors in the Vigilance Department within three months to speed up the investigation into graft cases.
The Maharashtra SIC is without a Chief Information Commissioner and functioning with only four Commissioners even though more than 1,15,000 appeals/complaints are pending, the petitioner said.
Chief Justice Ramana said a detailed survey by the Supreme Court registry in different parts of the country found that infrastructure in courts is very inadequate and he requested the Centre to strengthen it.
On senior advocate Arvind Datar mentioning the matter of tribunal vacancies before a bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and Hima Kohli, CJI sad the Attorney General (AG) K. K. Venugopal has circulated an email saying that vacancies in all tribunals across the country are almost filled.
A better and far easier solution to fill up vacant posts at Joint Secretary level exists. Under the Central Staffing Scheme, every year applications are invited from officers of AIS, officers of State Government and members of the Central Services, to fill up Deputy Secretary and above posts in the Central Government. Posts up to Director level are filled-up mostly by officers of Central Services while the IAS predominates in JS and above level posts. So, the shortage of officers at JS level can be addressed by removing the bias against non-IAS officers
The party also alleged that the TMC ruled state government is only recruiting its party workers to contractual positions in the civic body instead. A CPIM member said that the state government only talks of recruitment during its election campaigns before civic polls but in reality the picture is completely opposite.
