Favouritism in
appointments
Sir,
The Government of
Jammu and Kashmir Higher Education Department is
appointing college Teachers on Adhoc basis for
the last so many years. For the session 1998-99,
the principals of the Degree Colleges appointed
the Lecturers on Adhoc basis without going
through the merit or making requisition through
police notices or advertisements. The Director
Colleges higher education resumed advertisement
in the process of appointments through public
notices since 1999-2000 and thus making Principal
G G M College Jammu to act as a
co-ordinator/nodal agency. The appointments were
being made without considering any criteria for
the appointment, if any criteria was fixed in the
past for said appointments, it would have been
fixed to suit their favourites. Moreover, the
criteria for appointment was kept secret so that
it could be changed at any time at the sweet will
of the authorities at the helm of affairs. Last
year also for the session 2000-01 so many
irregularities were found in appointment of the
Lecturers. So much was published in the local
press of Jammu regarding non publication of
selection criteria, not making the final
selection list public. Some aspirants alleged
that despite written representations regarding
irregularities observed during selection process
to the Principal, G G M Sciences college, Jammu,
and to the Director College Higher Education
Deptt, could not yield any results. It was also
alleged that weightage was given to the
candidates for the qualifying qualification that
they were still studying for that and had not
completed yet or passed out.
As such, it is
urged upon the Director, Colleges Higher
Education department that the following steps be
taken for the fair and free selection of the
right candidates, to curb alleged corruption and
favoritism and ensure transparency in selection
process.
First and foremost
point is to make public the selection criteria
before the receipt of applications in the office
of the Principal, G G M Science College, so that
the selection criteria may not be tailored to
suit the candidates of the vested persons.
The selection list
should also be made public so as to make it
transparent and no chance is left to make any
alteration in the final selection list by the
officials at the held of affairs. This shall also
make the selected candidates to join their duties
in time and they shall not be deprived of their
rights to transparency. I remember, last year
every aspirant was rushing to G G M Science
College for knowing their fate but was getting
only one answer that the appointment letters if
your are selected shall reach your residence
which never reached. This vague reply and the
selection process followed last year raises so
many eye brows and speaks of the vested interest
of the officials concerned.
At last I would
request the Minister for Higher Education,
J&K State Jb. Mohd. Shafi to please monitor
personally the process of selection of the
Lecturers on academic arrangements in Degree
colleges of Jammu division and issue strict
instructions to the concerned authorities to
adhere to transparency in the selection process
and fair selection of the right and meritorious
candidates.
Yours etc...
S C Khanna
General Secretary
Consumer Protection Organisation
Rehari, Jammu.
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