After the six months old Congress Government in Himachal having ordered over 8,000 transfer and posting of its employees, including that of boards and corporations, State Cabinet on Friday gave its nod for a comprehensive policy for regularisation of transfers of employees
Just after the Mandi by-election win and after the model code of conduct got over, the State Government in past five days had ordered over 2,500 transfers and postings including that of top IAS and IPS officers.
Cabinet approved framing of new ‘Comprehensive Guiding Principles-2013’ for regulating the transfers of officers and officials working under the State Government, boards, corporations and PSUs, with certain modifications.
The new transfer policy was framed by a Cabinet Sub-Committee headed by Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur with the motive to reduce the staff crunch in far flung areas. The new policy was prepared on the direction of High Court.
The marathon Cabinet meet was chaired by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh after a gap of two months since May and over 100 agendas were for the meeting which continued for more than five hours on Friday.
In another major decision, the Cabinet reversed the decision taken by previous BJP Government to restore old system of indirect elections to the office of president and vice presidents of municipal councils or nagar panchayats and for the post of mayor and deputy mayor in municipal corporation Shimla.
The cabinet also accorded its approval for filling up of 800 vacant posts of police constables. This includes 600 male and 200 female constables in the state police department. It also cleared a proposal to fill 778 posts of Patwaris (Mohal) in deputy commissioner offices in the state and to fill about 450 posts of different categories on contract basis in the health and family welfare department
Fulfilling budget announcement made by the chief minister, the cabinet approved regularisation of the services of daily waged and contingent workers completing 7 years of continuous service as on March 31, 2013.
Cabinet accorded its approval for simplification of norms by amending the HP Tenancy and land reforms rules, 1975 for granting permission under Section 118 of HP Tenancy and land Reforms Act, 1972 for providing land for industrial purpose in the state.
Cabinet approved enhancement in support price of procurement of mango under the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) for the year 2013 and approved enhancement in support price of apple from Rs 6 to Rs6.50 per Kg under the MIS for the year 2013.