A State Cabinet here on Tuesday decided to authorise administrative departments to give permission for prosecution of their officers-employees. It was also decided to do away with compulsion of obtaining approval of Cabinet committee in the cases where defaulter officer-employee is found guilty in departmental enquiry instituted on recommendation of lokayukta/ Economic Offences Wing.
The Cabinet sanctioned creation of 200 posts of Class II, III and IV employees in establishment of High Court, including 10 posts each of personal secretary, section officer, personal assistant, stenographer, assistant grade-1 & II, record supplier, driver and jamadar, 50 posts of assistant grade-3 and 20 posts of contingency workers.
Besides, seven posts have been sanctioned for Residential Commissioner Office, Madhya Pradesh Bhavan, New Delhi, 2 posts of Assistant Protocol Officer in Vidhan Sabha Secretariat, 26 in Government Dental College, Indore, 8 in Academy of Administration and 15 posts in pre-matric girls hostels of Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department.
The Cabinet gave administrative sanction to nine group drinking water schemes to be implemented by Madhya Pradesh Water Corporation limited. The projects will benefit 5 lakh population of 383 villages. From these schemes, every rural household will be supplied drinking water at the rate of 70 litre per head per day through domestic tap connections.
The schemes include Damhendi, Kiragi, Karanpura, Dhasan, Gorihar, Biriyapur, Badon Kalan, Indwar and Singhora. Besides, the cabinet decided that in Chief Technical Examiner (Vigilance) Organisation, only those officers will be posted on deputation as chief engineers who basically hold the post of chief engineer in construction departments, semi-government undertakings and Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board. If it is not possible to avail services of chief engineer then superintending engineers with minimum 5 years’ seniority should be posted on deputation as chief engineers.
In this regard, the cabinet has decided to constitute a committee to ensure better quality of construction works. The committee will comprise Ministers and Principal Secretaries of concerning departments.