The Scheduled Tribe Welfare Department has issued guidelines for new posting of promoted principals and assistant principals in the department. According to sources, everyone has to give three options and posting would be made while taking the options into consideration.
Promotions have been given to 487 head masters, lecturers, principals and assistant principals in the Scheduled Tribe Welfare Department and rules have been made for their posting. The new rule will be issued in a day or two, after getting approval from the minister of the department, Kedar Kashyap.
It is said that on the complaint of kick-backs in posting, the minister had directed to make complete procedure transparent. Following the directives of the minister, it has been decided to make the posting through counseling.
According to sources, of the total 1,575 schools of the department, principal’s posts were vacant in 1,000 schools. Out of that 25 per cent posts of principals would have to be filled with Shikshakarmis, as per appointment rules.
According to the new rules, the promoted principals have to give three options for posting. They have to give a declaration also that in absence of vacant post in the school as per the options, the school decided by the government would be acceptable to them.
The sources said that priority would be given to women and physically challenged persons for selection of place of their choice. Following which posting would be made on the basis of the seniority list. The department would soon post the list on the website, so that the promoted principals could select the place of their choice, they added.
For new posting, the promoted principals should have to give application to the principal of their school and the school principal will forward the application to the assistant commissioner (AAJAK) through BEO. The assistant commissioner will forward the application to the directorate of Scheduled Tribe Welfare department.
The directorate will examine the application and then the list of posting proposal will send to the government. The department, after examining the proposed list and after getting approval from the secretary of the department and from the minister will release the posting orders.