Delhi Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Tuesday here distributed appointment letters to 398 newly recruited government officials in a function. Now, total permanent government recruitments in Delhi government departments / civic agencies reaches 22,000 during the last one and half years. Speaking on the occasion, Saxena informed that a total 22000 vacancies in various Departments / agencies of the Delhi Government / civic bodies will be filled on a permanent basis within the next one and half year.
Moreover, 149 dependent beneficiaries of deceased government servants were given recruitment letters on compassionate grounds and selection was done in a transparent, hassle-free manner, officials said.
The objective of filling up posts on permanent basis in various departments/autonomous bodies/local bodies of GNCTD through a fair and transparent system of recruitment is to eliminate the system of contractual and ad-hoc appointments to vacant posts. Saxena said within a year and half , 22,000 more vacancies in various Departments of the Delhi Government will be filled.
The function on Tuesday was the fourth consecutive function of its kind, following the previous ones held on 24.02.2023, 19.04.2023 and 30.06.2023. During these occasions, Saxena distributed approximately 3, 400 appointment letters.
Lt. Governor Saxena further informed that among the 149 appointment letters given on compassionate grounds, 103 dependents have been appointed by the Services Department and 46 dependents have been appointed by NDMC. Further, during the period between May 2022 and May 2023 only, 15,367 posts were filled through DSSSB mainly in Education Department, NDMC recruited about 4,500 individuals with the help of Central Government, 376 posts were filled through UPSC of which 324 posts were of Principals / Vice-Principals lying vacant in Delhi, apart from positions in FSL Delhi. Another 500 posts in Delhi Fire Service were filled through DSSSB along with positions in DTC and Labour Department. He informed that further 22,000 vacancies in various Departments / agencies of the Delhi Government / civic bodies will be filled on a permanent basis within the next one and half year.
Saxena congratulated the new appointees on behalf of the people of Delhi and informed the audience that ever since taking over the charge of Lt. Governor of Delhi, he has been stressing upon permanent appointments against government vacancies instead of adhoc and contractual recruitment, underlining that such practices lead to favouritism, corruption and exploitation of citizens who rightfully deserve a job.
The Lt Governor specially appreciated the efforts of Services Department for formulating a fair and transparent scheme of compassionate appointment in GNCTD which make it possible for realistic and objective assessment of the degree of indigence among the applicants for compassionate appointments.
A K Singh, IAS, Principal Secretary (Services) delivered the welcome speech and congratulated the new appointees. He informed the audience that it has been possible for Services Department to organize these functions in quick succession due to concerted efforts of all the concerned departments.
The Chairperson, DSSSB in his report presented during today’s function highlighting the achievements of DSSSB in recent times under the supervision and monitoring of Lt Governor. 10,000 selection have already been made. Selection against 9000 vacancies are at different stages of recruitment and 13000 vacancies are under scrutiny. Around 22,000 more vacancies are going to be filled up within a period of next one and a half year.