The state government has initiated the process for filling over 7,000 vacant posts in different government departments and recruitment is targeted to be completed in the next two months.
As many as 4,000 posts of staff nurses, 2,345 of doctors, 236 of deputy superintendents of police and 145 of block development officers are lying vacant.
The other vacant posts are of naib tehsildar, revenue inspectors (kanungo), junior clerks in the offices of district magistrates and para-medical staff including nurses and upper division clerks in UP Secretariat.
The government wants to expedite recruitment against the vacant posts for strengthening the state machinery at the grassroot level for better implementation of welfare and development schemes and better governance.
Chief Secretary Anoop Chandra Pandey on Wednesday issued directions for expediting the recruitment process against vacant posts while reviewing working of UP Subordinate Services Commission.
Pandey asked the Subordinate Services Commission officials to expedite recruitment as per indent for staff sent to them by different departments.
He said that where vacancies were to be filled by promoting existing staff, meeting of departmental promotion committees (DPCs) be convened at the earliest.
From 2015 to 2017, the Rural Development department has sent indent for recruitment of 145 block development officers and the Home department has sent indent for filling 236 vacant posts of DySPs, while 449 other posts of DySPs are vacant and are to be filled by promotion. Besides, recruitment of 2,354 doctors and 4,000 staff nurses is also pending with the Subordinate Services Commission.