The case in point is about the Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Technical Education Department of the State. The Government has clearly laid down that 50 per cent of the vacancies in the department would be filled through direct recruitment and the remaining 50 per cent through departmental promotion. This makes the path smooth for the entry of fresh Graduates/Engineers/Diploma holders etc. into Government service. This is a fair decision as it protects the interests of both of the categories, the insiders and the fresh recruits. But what actually has happened in the said department is that ten available vacancies of Superintendents/ Supervisors in the department have been filled by promoting departmental candidates irrespective of the fact whether they fulfill the requisite conditions of recruitment or not. On the other hand, six candidates who have been cleared by the Public Service Commission for appointment in the said Department are waiting for last three years for posting. Obviously, the administrative head, has ignored the cabinet order clearly stating that fifty per cent of vacancies have to be filled through departmental candidates and the remaining fifty per cent through direct recruitment. By violating the Government order and policy, the Department has stonewalled the entry of fresh recruits to the Government service.
If the Department intends to continue its highhandedness as explained above, what then is the fun of referring the vacancies to the Public Service Commission? Why does he PSC undertake to go through the lengthy and complicated process of selecting the candidates if the selected candidates are not provided with letters of appointment and posting at the end of the day? Records of the department suggest that 10 departmental candidates are working against direct quota of Superintendents in the department. Out of these 10 posts, 6 posts were referred to the PSC in 2012.
There could be more cases like this in other departments although these have not come to light. This is a case of favouritism and not just an administrative lapse behind which the perpetrators of irregularity would like to hide. The onus of irregularities like this would naturally come to the doorsteps of the administration. Aggrieved candidates have every right to seek justice at the doors of the judiciary. But we would like that the government comes out with clear position that it has erred and that the wrong would be rectified. That will infuse confidence among our educated and trained unemployed youth that some day justice will be done to them.
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