Panaji (GOA): Manohar Parrikar led government has cancelled all the departmental jobs where no process was initiated apart from issuing the advertisements before November, 2016; while granting nod to fill the vacancies where the procedures like written tests and oral interviews were undertaken.

If one recalls, the then Laxmikant Parsekar government though a notification on November 22, 2016 imposed ban on all recruitment in the government sector for smoother implementation of the Seventh pay commission to its over one lakh employees. The ban was partially lifted by the new government in May.

Additional Secretary (Personnel) Yetindra Maralkar said that all the vacancies which were advertised but where further process of conduct of written examination or computer test of proficiency tests or interview as applicable were not undertaken, in such cases the process will be treated as cancelled.

Whereas, he said that in all the cases where the process of conduct of written examination or computer test of proficiency tests or interview as applicable has been carried out, the vacancies as notified in the advertisement, will be permitted to be filled, by following due procedure.

Team TNV