THE GOAN NETWORK
MARGAO: Margao Municipal Council’s recruitment process to fill up the 11 LDC posts, besides the post of supervisors and mason has come back to haunt the Civic body and the powers that be.
In fact, former MMC Chairperson Savio Coutinho has demanded to know on Thursday how legal and valid is the recruitment process undertaken by the Margao Municipal Council citing another controversy over the recruitment.
The former MMC Chairperson and Congress leader has charged that the recruitment of Site Supervisor is illegal and in violation of the recruitment rules (RR) laid down in the Municipal act.
Coutinho recalled that when the notice inviting applications for various vacancies was published by the MMC, an objection was raised over the omission of the requirement of "knowledge of Konkani" for the post of Site Supervisor. “Following my objections, the Margao Municipal Council published a corrigendum making the "knowledge of Konkani" essential. What is shocking to note is that the corrigendum Notice published has neither the date nor the outward number, thereby making this corrigendum notice invalid. And now that the last date for filing applications has ended, the entire process stands to be invalid ", Coutinho said.
He added: “The most important factor that makes the recruitment of Site Supervisor illegal is the fact that this position has to be filled by promotion and not direct recruitment.
Saying the Supreme Court has very recently hauled up the Chief Secretary for manipulation of recruitment rules, Coutinho demanded to know whether the Council and the DMA still proceed with this illegal act once again.
Coutinho has warned that if the Council fails to put a stop to these illegal acts, the citizen will be compelled to approach other forums including the court of law.
