ASESE&UA protests back-door recruitments at 6 govt deptts and undertakings

GANGTOK, 11 April: The All Sikkim Educated Self Employed and Unemployed Association [ASESE&UA] today reiterated its strong condemnation of government jobs still being ferreted away with favouritism and through the back door and has demanded that such subterfuge, which ends up denying the majority of the unemployed, be stopped forthwith.
Addressing a press conference today, the ASESE&UA vice president Sonam Pintso Bhutia released details of six government departments and undertakings where jobs have been cornered by a select few without any interviews being held or advertisements being released to announce the vacancies.
These appointments have been seen at the Commercial Taxes Department, Temi Tea Eastate, SPWD and Forest Department, Mr. Bhutia informed while also releasing specific details of who benefited at which posts.
He mentioned that all vacancies in government departments need to filled in free and fair manner which offers all candidates a level playing field. This did not happen in the six above-mentioned departments and has often been overlooked in the past as well, he added.
This illegal appointment system must be immediately stopped so that every citizen gets a fair chance at competing for a government job, he reiterated. “The right to equal opportunity in all sectors including services must be restored so that no discrimination what so ever for the appearing candidates is allowed,” he demanded.
“We are speaking for the unemployed youth and have been fighting for the rights of the unemployed youth since day one,” he stressed, while adding that the ASESE&UA, aware of illegal recruitment in various departments and private and public institutions, has also filed RTI applications with the concerned departments to secure more details.