Tarigami for appointment of honest incumbents in PSC, SSRB

Early Times Report

JAMMU, Feb 25: Lack of transparency and accountability in recruitment agencies have discredited these and such procedural practices are in vague for selection purposes that leave much scope for favouritism and other manipulations, said CPI(M) State Secretary and MLA Kulgam, Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami in a statement issued here today.

In his obvious reaction to the controversial selection of 55 Veterinary Assistant Surgeons by J&K State Public Service Commission (PSC), Tarigami asked if selections for various professional courses are made through entrance tests, why the same could not be adopted by PSC, SSRB and other recruiting agencies while making selection of incumbents for various cadres. It was astonishing that most of the selections by these agencies were being made only through direct interviews and even in cases, where screening tests are conducted to shortlist the candidates for the viva-voce, no weightage was being given to the merit obtained by the candidates in the screening tests, he said. Overall performance in both written tests as well as interviews was the only way to get the meritorious and deserving candidates selected in a fair way and even abandoning the interview process could prove more transparent and fool proof.

“Every now and then the aspirants not making to the grade for the selections express grievances of being aggrieved, and need was to remove misgivings and apprehensions among the people especially job seeking youth through a fool proof selection process by amending the existing rules was imperative, as also credible and honest officers be posted in recruitment agencies. There was no harm if the selections were made only through written tests that could reduce the scope for favouritism and ensure time specific selections” Tarigami said.

Urging the government to take cognizance of the grievances of the aggrieved, as regards the selections, CPI (M) State Secretary, Tarigami, urged the state Government to launch investigation wherever needed and make sure that transparency and accountability at all levels was maintained. If manipulations continued in recruitments, the job seekers were sure to lose faith in the recruitment agencies and cause alienation among them. He also demanded immediate identification of vacancies in government departments and filling up of these through fast track process.

END