Cabinet agrees to create 580 posts
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 20 2016 :
The State Cabinet has decided to create 580 posts and recruit the same number of employees in order to open four stations of Government Railway Police (GRP) and six GRP outposts.
A Cabinet meeting was held this afternoon with Chief Minister O Ibobi in the chair in the Chief Minister's Secretariat.
Briefing mediapersons after the meeting, Government spokesman M Okendro said that four GRP stations would be opened at Jiribam, Thingou, Noney and Imphal in order to protect the Imphal-Jiribam railway which is expected to be completed by 2019 .
Six GRP outposts would also be opened at Dholaikhal, Kaimai Road, Kambiron, Khongsang, Tupul and Haochong.
To man these stations and outposts, 580 posts would be created and the Cabinet meeting further agreed to make recruitment against the same number of posts.
The State Cabinet further agreed on creating one post of Office Assistant for each of the High Schools and Higher Secondary Schools where there is no sanctioned post of LDC/Office Assistant.
In line with the Cabinet decision, the number of post of Office Assistant which must be appointed anew has been raised from 178 to 272 .
Six Advocates would be appointed as OSD/Legal in Education Department on contract basis.
As agreed at the Cabinet meeting, Sangaiyumpham High School and Bengoon High School would be upgraded to the level of Higher Secondary Schools and necessary posts would be created, Okendro informed.
The State Cabinet decided to cancel the higher post qualification scale earlier granted to 1786 Under-matric, Matriculate, Under Graduate and Primary Teachers.
Under special consideration SI Kumari Monika Devi would be promoted to the rank of Inspector.
In accordance to a High Court order, 18 surrendered UG cadres would be given Government jobs.
Moreover, 22 contract employees of CAF&PD Department would be regularised.
Altogether 43 employees would also be inducted into the department by relaxing the existing ban on recruitment.
The Cabinet meeting further agreed to create 32 posts in Information Technology Department, 19 other posts in MIS Wing of Finance Department.
Further, 27 contract posts of MIS Wing would be regularised.
26 vacant posts of Taxation Department and 181 vacant posts of Excise Department would also be filled up as decided at the Cabinet meeting, Okendro added.