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| Docs' selection list dilly-dallied | | Babus wait for selectees to visit them | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 30: Three years on, the much-publicized filling up of Medical Officers posts in Health Department has remained a dream even after government's solemn commitment on the floor of the Legislature to fill up the same on priority.
According to informed sources, the Health and Medical Education Department had referred 317 posts of Medical Officers with category-wise distribution as 213 posts of OM, RBA: 71, SC: 29, ST: 37, ALC: 11 and SLC:07 in 2016.
Subsequently, the State Public Service Commission notified the posts vide Notification No: 01-PSC (DR)-2017 on March 27, 2017 inviting applications from eligible candidates. The commission received 2,883 applications. Next it conducted a written test on June 26 to shortlist the candidates, as per the past practice, in which 2452 candidates appeared.
The results of the written test were declared vide No: PSC/Exam/2017 on December 14, 2017 followed by interviews from January 9, 2018 to January 23, 2018.
Sources said the JKPSC appreciably issued the select list along with the general merit list within a short period wide No: Notification No. 51 - PSC (DR-S) of 2018 dated: 30.01.2018 and forwarded the same to the Principal Secretary Health and Med Education for further necessary action.
Unmindful of the obtaining situation in the field resulting out of steady increase in the number of vacancies and the urgency to fill up the same in the Health Department, the administrative department sat over the file and has not issued the formal appointment orders in favour of the selected candidates. Even as the babus in the Health and Medical Education department in Secretariat have been dilly-dallying the issue, a candidate from among the rejected candidates challenged the selection process.
Sources said one the influential rejected candidates got legal directives that the selection for one of the posts should not be made public till further orders.
"It was directed that the appointments if any made to the post in question shall be subject to the outcome of the petition," said a senior official.
Sources said a lobby of officials which had been deliberately dilly-dallying the selection list found the legal clause a blessing in disguise to meet their designs.
"Basically a coterie of babus look ahead to make huge bucks by dilly dallying the list," said a source in know of the matter.
Despite repeated attempts the Health and Medical Education department officials couldn't be contacted for comments.
Meanwhile, a civil society group had decided to file a memorandum before the Prime Minister's Office in New Delhi. "We want the PMO to know how a section of officials has been hindering the prospects of public welfare," said a senior representative of the group which is headed to leave for the national capital in the coming days. |
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