Team Herald
PANJIM: The State cabinet on Wednesday granted approval to the Goa Staff Selection Commission (Amendment) Ordinance 2023 and directed all departments to complete recruitments for posts advertised before January 8, prior to the model code of conduct for the 2022 assembly election, by August 31, this year.
The state government had started recruitments to fill around 10,000 vacancies prior to the assembly election. A similar ordinance was issued last year to fill up the pending vacancies; however, the process was delayed due to various reasons.
The cabinet note said that the government was of the view that prior to coming into effect of the model code of conduct ahead of the elections; various departments had initiated the process of filling up vacancies by advertising and accepting applications. Most of the departments have not completed filling up of subordinate services or posts advertised before January 8, 2022.
The Cabinet has now approved the Ordinance and directed all the concerned departments to conduct the examinations and complete the selection process not later than August 31, 2023.
As per the ordinance, the insertion of the proposed proviso to sub-section (8) of the Act shall enable the concerned department to conduct examinations and complete the selection process to subordinate services/posts not later than August 31, 2023, in cases where advertisements for filling up the subordinate services/posts were issued prior to January 8, 2022.
The government is of the view that it would be a wasteful exercise to re-advertise the vacancies. Thus, it desired that the departments complete the recruitment process and fill up the vacancies.
