MARGAO
The Margao Municipal witnessed a huge row of sorts after senior councillor Ghanashyam Shirodkar alleged a recruitment scam in the civic body on its decision to appoint five data entry operators through the Goa Human Resources Corporation without the council’s nod.
Moments after councillor Ghanashyam Shirodkar went to the public with his allegation of a scam, Margao Municipal Chairperson Lyndon Pereira put up a note to Chief Officer Rohit Kadam saying the appointment of the data entry operators is kept in abeyance till further notice.
In his note, the MMC Chairperson stated: “Due to public objection as stated by councillor Ghanashyam Shirodkar that due process hasn't been followed in the appointment of the five Data Entry Operators from the Goa Human Resource Corporation including the confirmation of minutes of the concerned council meeting, the appointment of the said Data Entry Operators from Goa Human Resource Corporation is held in abeyance till further notice”.
What’s interesting to note is that the Chief Officer Kadam told media persons after Ghanashyam Shirodkar addressed the media, that the civic body has only set in motion the process to appoint five data entry operators from the Human Resources Corporation, even pointing out that the appointments will take place after approval from the council.
Councillor Ghanashyam Shirodkar, however, claimed at the media briefing that the five data entry operators have already been appointed by the civic body via the corporation, even going to the extent of claiming that the appointment letters have been handed over to the candidates by the powers that be.
“I have nothing against the candidates. All I want to say is that the civic body cannot appoint only the five candidates in violation of the rules in force. The civic body ought to have invited applications from prospective candidates before shortlisting the candidates. What they have done now is that they have taken the five candidates without complying with the rules,” he added.
Reminding that the MMC is the employer and the corporation cannot force its candidates on the civic body, Shirodkar said he has been told that the council will have to bear the wages or salary of the candidates.
“When the civic body will have to pay Rs 27,000 a month on each of the five candidates, it has the right to recruit the candidates transparently so that the municipality gets the best of candidates,” he said.
He added: “I do not know whether the MLAs of Margao and Fatorda, who are controlling the ruling council, are aware of the illegal appointments. The MMC Chairperson should come also clean on the issue.”
While demanding the scrapping of the appointments, Shirodkar said he would be left with no option but to knock on the doors of the Judiciary for justice.
When the media questioned Chief Officer Rohit Kadam to shed light on the issue, he conceded that the MMC had asked the Human Resources Corporation to give five data entry operators. He, however, hastened to add that the operators were to be recruited only after the council nod, even as he feigned ignorance to the appointment letters being issued to the data entry operators.
Civic body to initiate process of filling 36 vacant posts, says chief
MARGAO:
Even as the appointment of five data entry operators through the Goa Human Resources corporation kicked up a row, Margao Municipal Chairperson Rohit Kadam has said that the civic body would soon set in motion the process to fill up the 36 vacant posts.
He also told the media that around 116 posts have lapsed over the years due to the failure to fill up the vacant posts.
The Chief Officer pointed out that the process to fill up the 36 vacant posts will be set in motion in July and will be completed in August. He said the 36 vacant posts have nothing to do with the five data entry operators requested by the civic body via the Corporation.
“We have only asked for the five data operators. I have no idea who has given the appointment letters. The operators will be taken only after the council’s nod,” he said while trying to wriggle out of the raging controversy.
