Greater Kashmir: Srinagar: Monday, August 21, 2017.
None of the
class IV employees promoted as in-charge junior assistants in the education
department in district Budgam, has qualified the ‘mandatory’ typing test, an
RTI has revealed.
In a reply to
RTI filed by activist Raja Muzaffar Bhat, the department has acknowledged that
none of the employees in Budgam district has qualified the typing test even as
they continue to work on the post.
“The
department received a communication from directorate of school education,
Kashmir, wherein point number 6 reads that as per the result statement
furnished by the principal 1T1 Srinagar among 16 in-charge junior assistants
from district Budgam none of them has qualified the typing test,” reads the
reply to the RTI.
The reply
also states that the administrative department in a letter has already asked
the director school education Kashmir that the class-IV employees placed as
in-charge junior assistants, “if failed to pass the type test within six
months, shall be reverted back and opportunity would be provided to others.”
As already
reported by Greater Kashmir dozens of class IV employees were promoted in 2013
by the then director school as junior assistants in Budgam and Anantnag
districts. However no typing test was held for the promoted lot for some time.
“And, when the test was held, they did not qualify it.”
"Four
years passed since their promotion but department is yet to take action against
them,” an official said.
On the other
hand, the class IV employees working in school education department for the
past five years are running from pillar to post for redress of their demands.
“Despite we
being qualified having bachelor’s and master’s degrees, the department is not
conducting our typing test to make us eligible for promotion as junior
assistants. This is sheer injustice with us,” said a group of aggrieved
class-IV employees.
According to
officials, under SRO 308 of 2008, 25 percent posts of junior assistants were
kept reserved for 10th pass class-IV employees who also have diploma
certificate in computers.
"But it
was mandatory for these employees to pass the basic typing test within a period
of four months after their promotion which they have not qualified for past
four years," he said.
Interestingly,
the promotion order number 2150 DSEK of 2013 issued on November 7 of 2013 by
the then director reads, “the class IV employees cannot confer any claim
/benefit for such placement unless they qualify the type test within a period
of 4 months from the date of issuance of order.”
In case of
failure, the placement order shall be deemed as rescinded, the promotion order
reads.
Director
school education G N Itoo ruled out his involvement in the issue and said the
promotion order was issued years before his posting in the department.
“It is
mandatory for them to qualify the typing test for which we provided them one
month training in DIETs so that they will qualify the test which will be
conducted in near future,” Itoo said.
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