Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 27: While hailing the CM Mehbooba Mufti for ordering a probe into the alleged irregular appointments made in KVIB, Harsh Dev Singh JKNPP Chairman and Former Minister today sought a high level probe into backdoor appointments made in all other departments and PSUs during the past four years. He said that KVIB fiasco was inconsequential as compared to several hundreds and thousands of backdoor appointments having been made in various government departments in violation of norms and prescribed procedures.
Referring to massive back door appointments made in various other government departments, Singh said that Police Deptt topped the list with several hundreds of such irregular appointments of SPOs without observing due selection process followed by Industries Deptt, PHE, Forests, M&RE, I&FC, RDD, Health and JK Cements, SIDCO, SICOP besides other state govt corporations. He said that in the wrongdoing, the norms and procedures had been brazenly thrown to winds with hundreds of illegal appointments effected for monetary and other extraneous considerations much to the chagrin and disillusionment of genuine and deserving candidates.
And while the backdoor and irregular appointments were being made with impunity, the bonafide selections were being disregarded and refused appointments by retackles corrupt authorities. Making a particular mention of the select list of eight candidates of Jammu region for the posts of Asstt Extension Officers issued by the SSB, Singh regretted that the Industries Deptt had refused to entertain the same on the plea that no vacancies were available.
Holding corruption as one single factor primarily responsible for majority of the ills in the state, Singh said that the present chaotic situation in the state could largely be retrieved through a transparent and accountable dispensation. He said that on-going protests revealed the desperation of youth for a fair deal, accountability, transparency and good governance which was completely elusive in present rule. He observed that the violent roadside demonstrations by social, political organizations, civil society besides under paid contractual employees and lecturers only symbolized the anger, contempt and revulsion of the respective classes against an unresponsive govt and corrupt Ministers behaving as unquestionable despots. |
