SSRB dishonoring Govt’s call for fast track recruitment

Interview process for thousands of posts yet not started

Tahir Mushtaq

JAMMU, July 25: The tall claims of state government regarding fast track recruitment have not taken well by recruiting agency i.e. State Service Selection Board (SSRB) as its officials have turned deaf ears to the call for fast-track recruitment and merely issued advertisements calling application for thousands of post. Regrettably, the SSRB has even failed to initiate the recruitment process for various posts advertised over the span of last four years.

Sources divulged that Government had directed the SSRB to undertake the recruitment process on fast track basis but the recruiting agency had miserably failed in honoring the commitment of Government to its people thus hampering the future of the many applicants.

According to sources, SSRB have still not cleared the previous advertised 13,788 posts in various departments from the past four years whereas the different departments have referred thousands of more posts in the meantime.

Pertinently, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had announced in budget session of the Legislative Assembly as well as outside that the government would fill up 60,000 to 70,000 vacancies in different departments on fast-track basis to reduce unemployment in the state.

The SSRB advertised 14,036 vacancies during the period January-May this year out of which 5,484 were notified in the month of May alone.

Sources revealed that government had planned to conduct written test for the advertised jobs but again failed to draft the syllabus for various technical and non technical subjects and pattern of the exam.

When contacted, Secretary SSRB Farooq Ahmed Baba said “Board is trying hard to expedite the process of recruitment and within five to seven days notification regarding written test of some posts will be advertised.”

“The board is required to hold a written test for all the eligible candidates who apply for the advertised posts. Accordingly, the Board has framed the syllabi for conducting the objective type written test for the posts where the basic qualification is 10+2 and Matric” he said.

He disclosed that the syllabus for other categories of posts will be published separately adding that the syllabi so published will also be available on the official website of the board.