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PANAJI
In a significant move the State government on Wednesday exempted children of bureaucrats and government servants working outside Goa from producing a 15-year domicile certificate for securing ‘group C’ jobs in government departments and State-owned Corporations.
An order issued by Additional Secretary (Personnel) Yetindra M Maralkar said State government employees who are working outside the State shall be exempted from producing 15 years residence certificate of their children with respect to filling vacancies of Group C posts in government departments and State Corporations.
The same order also relaxed the residence rule for children of ex-servicemen who were residing in Goa for last two years after retirement from the armed forces.
The exemptions shall be applicable to all government departments, autonomous bodies, State-owned Corporations and aided institutions, Maralkar said in the order.
Another category of persons who will benefit from relaxation in the domicile rule are those who are married to Goans with 15-year domicile and whose marriage is registered in the State of Goa. This category, however, will require that the couple resides in Goa continuously for at least five years.
“A person whose marriage is registered in Goa, with the person having fifteen years residence in Goa, and both are residing in the State of Goa continuously for a period of 5 years,” will be exempt from producing the 15-year residence certificate issued by the mamlatdar, the order adds.
All other categories of persons seeking to apply for the Group C jobs however will be covered by the recruitment clause making it mandatory to have 15 years residence and will have to produce the domicile certificate issued by the respective mamlatdars.
The 15-year domicile requirement was introduced in the government recruitment rules in the early 1990s after a hue and cry over government jobs being cornered by candidates from outside the State.
The State government is currently also engaged in an exercise to formulate a policy for employment of locals in the private sector. A task force headed by Revenue Minister Rohan Khaunte, and comprising bureaucrates besides representatives of private industry, has begun holding consultations with stakeholders to formulate the policy.
