the goan I network
MARGAO
South Goa district Collector in particular and the government in general has a question to answer from the thousands of candidates, who had applied for jobs in the South district Collectorate “ Will they ever receive a call from the authorities for the written examination to fill up the 147 jobs or will they meet a similar fate like that of the thousands of job seekers who had flooded the Collectorate last year for the walk-in-interviews before it was scrapped?
It was around mid-February earlier this year that around 24,668 candidates had submitted their applications for the 147 vacancies up for grabs in the South Goa Collectorate. The intervening Lok Sabha polls relegated the recruitment process to the background, but many an anxious candidate have been trying to figure out the fate of the recruitment process since they have not heard anything from the Collectorate till date.
Indeed, it’s now nine months ever since thousands of job seekers had made a beeline at the Matanhy Saldanha Administrative complex to submit their applications before the deadline. While the intervening Lok Sabha election code of conduct virtually stalled the process, candidates have begun to raise questions on the fate of the process post-Lok Sabha election.
Leave alone receiving any intimation for the written examination, candidates have no idea whether the district Collector or the government will take the process to its logical conclusion.
When The Goan posed the question to the district Collector Ajit Roy to shed light on the fate of the recruitment process, he said the recruitment process is still on. When his attention was drawn to the fact that the process has been capped yet again when it had started around nine months ago, Roy attributed the delay to administrative reasons.
Sources said while the recruitment process was further delayed with the government forming the Staff Selection Commission to fill up the vacant post in various government departments. It was only recently, the district Collector had received a communique from the government that he can proceed with the recruitment process since these jobs were advertised much before the Commission came into existence.
Officials in the know, however, said it will take some time for the authorities to complete the process as the district Collector will have to first shortlist the agencies, including the educational institutions to conduct the written examination.
Around 24,669 applications were received for the 147 vacant posts, including Jr Stenographers (15), talathis (9), LDCs (92) and 31 posts of multi-tasking staff.
On an average, around 167 candidates will vie for one job advertised by the district Collector. A break-up of the applications revealed that the administration received as many as 5,283 application for the nine posts of talathis, 151 candidates for the 92 posts of LDCs, 153 candidates for the 31 posts of multi-tasking staff.
The applicants, officials said, includes candidate with educational qualifications, ranging from graduates to MBAs, chartered accounts, engineers, geologists et al.
