Chandigarh, December 17
The Punjab Government does not trust its own institutions, at least so appears from its decision to "outsource" the recruitment of food inspectors to Panjab University (PU).
This issue is being raked up not only by some candidates but also by politicians. Their contention is that the government opted to hand over the task to PU despite having two recruitment agencies of its own --- Punjab Public Service Co
mmission (PPSC) and Punjab Subordinate Service Selection Board (PSSSB).
And, this is notwithstanding the fact that the university had erred earlier as well while preparing merit list for the same posts in 2010. Moreover, the government has been spending a huge amount on sustaining both these recruitment agencies.
The PSSSB has a chairman and 12 members, each costing the exchequer around Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000 a month. The Board's office is housed in a five-star like building, Forest Towers, in Mohali. It is legally mandated to conduct recruitment for all non-gazetted posts up to grade pay of Rs 3,799. Beyond this grade pay, the authority lies with PPSC, which has Lt Gen MS Buttar (retd) as its Chairman. He is assisted by seven members, each entitled for a hefty package, car and bungalow, costing the government about Rs 2 lakh a month. As the grade pay of food inspector is Rs 4,200, the recruitment fell under the purview of PPSC.
But the government, for reasons best known to it, chose PU, said a job aspirant.
"What are these institutions for if the government has to outsource recruitment? It's better to shut them if they are not competent enough to recruit Food Inspectors," says CPI national executive member Dr Joginder Dayal. He says the government should refund exam fee to the candidates who could not take the test.
The government had charged Rs 800 from each general category candidate and Rs 200 from those belonging to reserved categories. The government collected Rs 14.88 crore as fee from 1.86 lakh aspirants who applied for 461 posts. About 70,000 candidates could not appear in the test because of traffic snarls in and around Chandigarh.
"Each candidate must have spent about Rs 2,500 for appearing in the test, which is over and above the Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 spent by some on coaching," says Harcharan Kaur, a candidate from Bathinda.
The Punjab Government does not trust its own institutions, at least so appears from its decision to "outsource" the recruitment of food inspectors to Panjab University (PU).
This issue is being raked up not only by some candidates but also by politicians. Their contention is that the government opted to hand over the task to PU despite having two recruitment agencies of its own --- Punjab Public Service Co
mmission (PPSC) and Punjab Subordinate Service Selection Board (PSSSB).
And, this is notwithstanding the fact that the university had erred earlier as well while preparing merit list for the same posts in 2010. Moreover, the government has been spending a huge amount on sustaining both these recruitment agencies.
The PSSSB has a chairman and 12 members, each costing the exchequer around Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000 a month. The Board's office is housed in a five-star like building, Forest Towers, in Mohali. It is legally mandated to conduct recruitment for all non-gazetted posts up to grade pay of Rs 3,799. Beyond this grade pay, the authority lies with PPSC, which has Lt Gen MS Buttar (retd) as its Chairman. He is assisted by seven members, each entitled for a hefty package, car and bungalow, costing the government about Rs 2 lakh a month. As the grade pay of food inspector is Rs 4,200, the recruitment fell under the purview of PPSC.
But the government, for reasons best known to it, chose PU, said a job aspirant.
"What are these institutions for if the government has to outsource recruitment? It's better to shut them if they are not competent enough to recruit Food Inspectors," says CPI national executive member Dr Joginder Dayal. He says the government should refund exam fee to the candidates who could not take the test.
The government had charged Rs 800 from each general category candidate and Rs 200 from those belonging to reserved categories. The government collected Rs 14.88 crore as fee from 1.86 lakh aspirants who applied for 461 posts. About 70,000 candidates could not appear in the test because of traffic snarls in and around Chandigarh.
"Each candidate must have spent about Rs 2,500 for appearing in the test, which is over and above the Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 spent by some on coaching," says Harcharan Kaur, a candidate from Bathinda.
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