Urban Administration Minister Amar Agarwal on Wednesday directed the municipal commissioners and the heads of municipalities from across the State to mandatorily fill up all vacant posts of teachers in civic bodies by July 1, 2013, informed in an official statement here on Wednesday.
He was chairing a review meeting of the progress of work of all municipal corporations and municipalities in the State at New Guest House here.The Minister directed the officials to complete the process of recruitment of teachers before the commencement of the coming academic session.
Agarwal said that it must be ensured that all the selected candidates receive the appointment orders for the post of teachers.
The Minister informed in the meeting that the process of recruitment for deputy engineers in the various civic bodies of the State had been completed and soon they will be issued appointment orders. He directed to complete the process of filling up the vacant posts for the Class Three and Four employees within three months.
‘Earlier there was the compulsion of having 65 per cent establishment cost for civic bodies and this condition had now been removed. As a result, wherever there are vacant posts for Class Three and Ffour employees, they must be filled up within three months’.
The Minister , during the meeting, carried out civic body wise review of the progress of work while directing that all pending work be completed at the earliest. He said that the completed works be inaugurated at the earliest so that people get maximum benefit from the facilities.
This apart, Agarwal directed that all payments related to electricity bills and salaries of employees be made on time. The State government had already made available the ‘difference amount’ for the responsibility entrusted upon the civic bodies and they need to meet the financial requirement through their own internal accurals, he said.
The Minister while directing the officials to pay serious attention to revenue collection, said that it was not good that the civic bodies are taking less interest in collection of property and other taxes after they received funds from the State government. He said that the task of revenue collection must commence at the beginning of the year so that the targets are met by year-end.
Senior officials present in the meeting today were—Principal Secretary, Urban Administration M K Raut, Director, Urban Administration, Rohit Yadav, Additional Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Chhattisgarh Urban Development Authority Himshekhar Gupta besides other officials from Urban Administration Department, municipal commissioners and chief municipality officers.