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New Recruitment Rule will affect Goan youths: Congress NT Staff Reporter: Panjim: Jan 25: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president, Ms. Nirmala Sawant has expressed shock and surprise over the state government's action of relaxing the domicile period for the candidates seeking jobs in government service from neighbouring states. Addressing a press conference at the Congress House, here this evening, Ms. Sawant said the government has released an advertisement in local dailies inviting applications for filling in vacancies for the posts of junior engineers and stenographers in Electricity Department. She said the department has asked the candidates to furnish 15 years residence certificate from the taluka mamlatdars. Ms. Sawant said that the department seeks 15-year domicile certificate from Goan youth, but the period is relaxed for the candidates from neighbouring states. "This is gross injustice being meted out to the Goan unemployed youth." Ms. Sawant said, and added that the government should clarify the recruitment criteria. The department has released an advertisement in local dailies inviting applications to fill 37 junior engineer (electrical apprentice) posts by the chief electrical engineer and asking the Goan youth to produce 15 years residence certificate. However, the period has been relaxed for candidates applying from neighbouring states. Ms. Sawant said there are a number of unemployed engineers available in Goa and suspected some 'hidden motive' in relaxing the domicile period for the candidates from neighbouring states. Ms. Nirmala Sawant demanded immediate withdrawal of the said advertisement and seeks amendment to the rules for the benefit of the Goan youth. She stated that if the advertisement is not withdrawn within the stipulated time than Congress will be forced to follow the path of agitation. COMMENTS: There is nothing shocking about this, as Ms. Sawant, president of the GPCC makes out to be. This is the old ruse whereby, this route has been followed, perhaps invented by the Congress during its long rule of Goa, to make money and promote nepotism in the electricity/Public Works Departments. If Ms. Sawant is not aware, for far too long advertisements have appeared in Madras and Karnataka and Kerala etc. in local dailies there for jobs in the Electricity and PWD in Goa. Candidates have been selected before advertisements have been released in Goa, interviews conducted and posts assigned. In many cases, none of the candidates who appeared for the interviews in Goa have been selected for obvious reasons, as this was only an eye-wash to fool the Goan job seekers. In this particular case, the candidates from neighbouring states must be already selected Therefore the relaxation of the residency requirement. If no hue and cry is made, it goes through and everyone concerned is happy. Otherwise, the plan is discarded with a polite "I am sorry" If this advertisement is infact what it is, then Goa Su-Raj Party is going to demand from the CM the the resignation of the Chief Engineer of the Electricity Department or whoever is responsible for its release. This is the height of effrontery which does not require the support of mass agitation. If the recruitment rules are faulty, the blame must go to the marauding people's representatives who have not catered to the interests of qualified Goans for far too long and probably capitalizing on this oversight for their own selfish ends. goasuraj.
