Lt. Governor Evaluations Standing of Varied Vacancies; Administration Aiming to Conduct Examination for Matric Level & Higher Secondary Level (Science Stream) Posts in July 2023

Tarun Karthick

Port Blair, 25 February 2023

The Hon’ble Lt. Governor, A&N Islands and Vice-Chairman, Islands Development Agency, Admiral D Okay Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.) reviewed the standing of vacancies and motion plan for filling up these vacancies on this UT, at Raj Niwas on twenty fourth February. 

The Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, Mr. Keshav Chandra, IAS,  briefed concerning the sanctioned power, variety of vacancies which stay to be crammed up and efforts made by the Administration for filling these vacancies in Mission Mode in order to make sure that many of the vacancies get crammed up by October, 2023. 

The Secretary, (Personnel) made an in depth presentation about these vacancies, Department clever and knowledgeable the Hon’ble Lt. Governor that concerted efforts are being made each on the Secretariat degree for widespread cadre vacancies in addition to numerous degree of various Departments to replenish these positions on the earliest. He additionally appraised that the A&N Administration had carried out written examination for numerous Group C posts with the help of SSC, New Delhi and that brief itemizing of the candidates when it comes to advantage/classes/eligibility for Skills Test (Typewriting velocity and Shorthand) is being performed for conduct of Tier-II and Tier-III Skills Tests. 

The Skills Test which is qualifying in nature, is more likely to be carried out throughout the finish of March/first week of April, 2023 at Port Blair Centre solely. The abilities check might be undertaken with the Standard Software (Computer Based Test) by the Administration.

He additional knowledgeable that the Administration is aiming to conduct two extra examinations within the offline mode with the help of Staff Selection Commission, New Delhi tentatively within the month of July 2023. This will embody Common Recruitment Examination for Matric Level Posts adopted by Higher Secondary Level (Science Stream) Posts. Applications might be invited for these posts from the aspirants within the month of April/May, 2023.

The Hon’ble Lt. Governor, whereas appreciating the efforts of the Administration in conducting these examinations in honest and clear method, desired that the very best requirements and obligatory precautions and timelines have to be adhered to negate any scope for public criticism or allegations. 

The Hon’ble Lt. Governor additionally directed that the Administration ought to comply with zero tolerance coverage for corruption or malpractices in recruitment, and for the aim, press releases could also be issued to make sure huge publicity and consciousness about all the recruitment course of.

The Chief Secretary assured that every one obligatory precautions might be taken by the Administration on this path to make sure that the exams are carried out in a free, honest and clear method. He additionally knowledgeable {that a} excessive degree committee to assessment the prevailing Recruitment Rules of varied Group B (Non-Gazetted) and Group C (Tech) posts and to discover the opportunity of holding widespread recruitment examination for these posts beneath numerous departments is being constituted beneath the Chairmanship of ADGP. 

The assembly was attended by the Chief Secretary, DGP, PCCF, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, all Secretaries and different Senior Officers of A&N Administration.