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| All round exploitation of the unemployed | | |
There is a large force of unemployed youth in the state, with their
number ever growing year after year. The hapless unemployed youth run
from pillar to post in search of jobs and in their desperation often
fall prey to some unscrupulous elements, who showing them green
pastures of getting them job, rob them of hard earned money by their
parents. Some even borrow the money to pay to the touts to get them
job. But all this ends in deception, leading to further frustration
among the exploited youth. Taking advantage of their desperation some
employers engage them on jobs, paying them paltry salary, much below
what should be due to them.
But what is more alarming and matter of concern is that even the
government departments and agencies take them for ride. Posts are
advertised in the newspapers inviting applications for jobs, requiring
encumber-some formalities to be fulfilled, costing much for the
unemployed youth. After making hectic and strenuous efforts to fulfill
the formalities like purchase of application form, getting
verification of their good conduct, submitting affidavit, attaching
their photo snaps and then standing in long queue to deposit their
forms, the youth have to wait long for the interview call to come. But
their wait goes on forever, with no response from the concerned
office. A case in instance is the post advertised by the Commercial
Taxes Department for recruitment of 160 guards, two years ago. These
posts were advertised on the direction of the High Court, who had held
void recruitment of guards made earlier by the department through
backdoor. In response of this advertisement thousands of youth applied
for the posts. Computerized forms were purchased for Rs. 200 and
fulfilling of other formalities like verification of their character,
affidavit, photos cost them another Rs. 100/- each, plus labour of
running from one place to another and for those coming from villages
and far off places. It was only after a laps of one and a half year
that a short list of applicants invited for interviews was issued.
This short list was entirely arbitrary, without adhering to any
criteria. The applicants with higher merits were ignored, while those
with lower merit, but who had some recommendation were invited for
interviews. At least they are still continuing on the jobs and
demanding their regularization. It are the unemployed youth who had
applied for the jobs who are sulking. This case is not an exception,
but a routine affair. So much so that even the Accountability
Commission, to whom the aggrieved unemployed could approach for the
redressal of their grievance to have played a big joke with them. Over
a year ago, 16 class IV posts were advertised by the Commission. In
response to it few thousand unemployed youth applied. All the eligible
candidates were called for interview on different dates. The
applicants underwent all the trouble to first fulfill the requisite
formalities and then come from far off places for interview. But there
have been no appointments, with the commission not functional after
the resignation of its Chairman three months ago. Again Deputy
Development Commissioners of various districts as Chairman of
appointing committees for class IV employees in respective districts
had advertised posts, for filling. Now after a laps of about one year
interview dates for the candidates bearing different roll numbers have
been advertised in the newspapers. But the same is confusing and
hardly grasp by the candidates. Most of the candidates will not get
informed about the dates of their interviews and hense will miss the
bus.
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