SHILLONG, FEB 19: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Monday said the government has decided to allow the district selection committees to approve the reservation roster for the district level posts.
“We have written to the district selection committees. We have given the necessary instructions that from now on the reservation roster for the district level post shall be approved by the district level chairman and hence paper will not have to come to personnel department. This decision has already been taken,” Sangma said in his replying to a short duration discussion.
He said that the deputy commissioners (DCs) are at liberty now, of course following procedures, to go ahead with the recruitment process without taking the necessary approvals from the personnel department.
“The DSCs have been instructed that for recruitments that are done by the district selection committee for posts at the district level, the appointing authority shall forward the reservation roster along with the list of vacancies categories wise to the deputy commissioner and chairman of the DSC who shall compile the vacancy posts and advertise the post category wise as per the reservation roster. For the purpose of this para, the appointing authority for the district level posts, will also include appointments made by directorates only in case of any doubt and clarification the DC may refer the matter to personnel department. Hence, this decision has been taken and hence I am very sure that there should not be an issue in terms of the recruitment at the district selection level,” Sangma added.
Further, the chief minister said that the government has not changed a word of the 1972 Office Memorandum on Reservation Policy.
“If the member (Tongkhar) is saying before recruitment is going on smoothly and now he is confused I see no reason why the OM should create the confusion because there is no change in the OM. It is exactly the same word. Not a comma, not a fullstop has been removed in the interest of ensuring that we don’t tinker with anything that could lead to sensitivity and confusion. Therefore, the question of confusion doesn’t arise,” he said.