Team Herald
PANJIM: The State government granted extension in-service to PWD principal chief engineer Uttam Parsekar for another one-year with effect from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026.
This is the third time the government has granted one-year extension in service to Parsekar, beyond the date of superannuation.
The extension in-service is subject to Vigilance clearance from the Vigilance Department, concurrence of Finance Department and approval of the Council of Ministers.
Meanwhile, a public interest litigation (PIL) writ petition filed by RTI activist Sudip Tamankar challenging the extension in service granted to several retiring officers will come for hearing before the High Court of Bombay at Goa on Monday, February 3.
Tamankar has challenged the extension in service granted to as many as 16 retiring government employees including Parsekar and Water Resources Dept chief engineer Pramod Badami. The PIL writ petition was filed in January last year and till date some of the extensions given to the retiring employees has ended.
Reacting to the extension given to Parsekar, Tamankar alleged that the government was giving extension to officers on choose and pick basis for reasons best known to it.
He said that the private bus operators had written to the government to give six-month extension in service to Assistant Director of Transport Francisco A Vaz, as he had adequate knowledge of government schemes implemented for bus operators. But the officer retired on attaining the age of superannuation as the government turned a Nelson’s eye to the request, said Tamankar.