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MARGAO
Will the South Goa district administration unveil the fate of the hundreds of candidates who had answered the walk-in-interview for the 59 posts of LDCs on temporary basis in the South Goa district Collectorate?
It’s now a little over two months since over 1000-odd candidates made a beeline at the Matanhy Saldanha Administrative Complex on February 7 last for the walk-in-interview. Many of them had camped in the complex all through the night, just to lay their hands on the token, which would make them eligible to answer the walk-in-interview.
That the 59 posts of LDCs were purely of temporary nature and for a period of 10 months did not deter hundreds of youngsters to stand in a serpentine queue and answer the interview, which was spaced over a period of three days, after the bitter experience in North Goa for similar posts.
When The Goan had last month contacted district Collector, Anjali Sehrawat to shed light on the fate of the candidates, she had pointed out that the process remains inconclusive. When The Goan tried to contact
the district Collector on Tuesday to shed light on the status of the walk-in-interview
given that two months have elapsed now, she, however, was not available for comment.
Even officials in the district Collectorate from the Establishment section were not ready to throw light on the fate of the walk-in-interview, with sources saying the recruitment exercise has not been taken to its logical conclusion till date.
Sources said while around 1045 candidates had initially taken the tokens, many of them did not turn up for the interview after the Collectorate officials spaced the interview for three days. Moreover, some amongst the lot were not found eligible for the posts for want of the required documents pertaining to educational qualifications. “During verification of the documents, we had found that documents of many a candidate were not found valid. Naturally, these candidates were not considered for the interview”, sources said.
A candidate, who had answered the walk-in-interview pointed out that the administration should inform the candidates about the status of the candidates, who had answered the interview. “Though the 59 posts were to be filled up purely on temporary basis and that for a period of 10 months, we had answered the interview hoping that we will make it to the administration one day”, he remarked, adding that a group of candidates, who had answered the walk-in-interview are planning to call on the Cabinet Advisory Committee member and TCP Minister Vijai Sardesai to draw his attention on the issue.
When The Goan called up the TCP Minister to shed light on the walk in interview, Sardesai said he would check up with the district Collector, Anjali Sehrawat.
It may be recalled that a similar case was reported in Panaji in Janyary where more than a thousand aspirants had turned up for a total of 64 jobs advertised at the North Goa Collectorate taking officials by surprise and forcing them to restructure the recruitment process.
The long snaking queue which began right at the entrance of the North Goa Collector’s office wound itself right around iconic complex which includes the offices of the Institute Menezes Braganza, the Department of Mines and Geology, the Department of Printing and Stationery, the Goa Police headquarters, and the Panaji Town Police station on the other side.
Estimates placed the number of people who had queued up from 1,000 to 3,000.
