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| Hectic lobbying begins for four PSC slots | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 28: Hectic lobbying has begun for seeking berths in the State Public Service Commission (PSC) where four slots of members are lying vacant at present.
Highly placed sources have told Early Times that despite clear advice from the State PSC that there is no need to nominate further members to the PSC as the entire backlog and pendency has already been cleared by the existing commission, aspirants are queuing up with strong recommendations to get into the PSC.
PSC chairman, S.L. Bhat who has made the working of the commission efficient, transparent and accountable had, according to sources, written a letter to the government last year maintaining that the commission had cleared all the pendency and backlog and also that under the circumstances there is no need to burden the state exchequer further by nominating more members to the PSC.
At present there are four slots of members lying vacant in the commission. The PSC recently published there is hardly any backlog at the commission except for those selections which have been put on the hold because of various court cases pending with regard to these.
Since the present chairman took over, the PSC has already conducted three combined competitive civil service exams and already made selections for two while the main exams for the third coveted KAS selection is going on.
In most cases interviews are held during the day and selections announced the same evening. All the working process, procedures, criteria etc at the commission is made available to the general public through the commission's website which is updated regularly and promptly.
The secretary of the PSC is a known workaholic. He works 24x7 for transparent and efficient functioning of the commission. Without fear or favour the PSC has been discharging its duties. For the first time after many years, the prestige and image of the PSC has risen in the eyes of the common man who can approach the commission directly and seek answers to his/her queries.
Despite these facts, some retired and retiring senior officials including one from Ladakh who recently retired as the director general of fisheries department are these days busy in hectic lobbying to get a berth at the PSC. At least, two retiring secretary/commissioners are also in the race for getting into the PSC.
Political mentors of retired/retiring bureaucrats are reportedly mounting pressure on the Chief Minister's office to have their favourites inducted into the PSC.
It is now for the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to decide whether the state exchequer needs to be unnecessarily burdened further by nominating members to the PSC when there is no need to do so under the present circumstances. |
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