Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 24: Accusing the Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) of misconduct, Chairman of JKNPP and former Minister Harsh Dev Singh has strongly condemned the engagement of retired persons by the said Department and dis-engagement of the regularly appointed candidates in the most arbitrary and unlawful manner.
Elucidating his point, the NPP leader said that 21 technical experts including engineers, town planners, MIS, GIS, capacity building co-coordinators and social development specialists were appointed in February 2015 under Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) during Governor’s rule by following the proper selection process and in accordance with the recommendations of the selection committee constituted for the purpose. He said that the said candidates were regularly appointed and were performing their duties until recently when the Govt ordered their dis-engagement on the ground that the RAY scheme has been revamped as HFA Scheme by the Govt of India.
Mr Singh regretted that the harassment of the said technical experts had started immediately after the formation of Govt in March, 2015 with the new dispensation averse to the continuance of the said candidates appointed during Governor’s rule. He said that their appointment was opposed by the new dispensation. Hence their services were no longer required. He said that after harassing the said appointees for a few months they were eventually dis-engaged around a month back on frivolous grounds.
Describing the logic of the Housing Deptt for disengagement of the said regularly appointed youth as highly absurd and contrary to the canons of equity and jurisprudence, Harsh Dev called for revocation of the termination orders of the said youth at the earliest.
He apprised the Governor that the number of cities proposed to be developed under HFA had also been increased to 25 including the six cities earlier identified under RAY. He said that requirement of man power and technical experts had also increased but the vested interests wanted to engage all of their favorites at the cost of meritorious candidates.
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