Centre delays notifying 2 dists, hits hiring drive
KCR’s plans to fill 50,000 vacancies end up in limbo
An “inordinate delay” on the part of the Central government in approving and notifying two newly formed districts in Telangana state has blocked the K. Chandrashekar Rao-led state government’s plans to take up recruitment drives to fill over 50,000 vacancies in various government departments, said a top official on condition of anonymity.
Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao had on December 13, 2020, had announced the intent of the government to fill over 50,000 posts within three months. However, it has not made headway even after more than two months, the senior official pointed out.
The CM had reorganised 10 districts in Telangana state to 31 in 2016, besides augmenting the two zones into seven. He also created two multi-zones, all of which decisions the state government sent to the Union home ministry for approval.
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KCR’S DECISION to create two more districts — Mulugu and Narayanpet — in 2019 has affected the existing zones, which require the Centre’s approval and the Presidential assent.
SINCE THE Centre did not approve the move yet, the state’s recruitment process has come to a halt.
the ministry, it was sent to President Ram Nath Kovind for final approval. President Kovid approved the zonal changes in May 2018, after which the Centre issued a gazette notification immediately.
However, the Chief Minister decided to create two more districts in 2019 (Mulugu and Narayanpet), taking the total to 33. It was done to fulfil a poll promise ahead of the 2018 Assembly polls, due to strong demands from the local people. This affected the zones by shuffling some districts.
These changes are yet to be approved by the Union home ministry, post which, they would also require the Presidential nod.
Unless the President puts his stamp of approval, the sanctioned posts, which are distributed among all districts, zones and multi-zones, the state government cannot go ahead with its recruitment drive. If it does go ahead, it would only land in legal tangles, a legal expert said.
The Chief Minister brought a new zonal system in the state, according to which, 95 per cent of all government jobs sanctioned for a given zone are reserved for locals. This local status of a candidate is decided based on her or his school study from Class I to VII. Based on these certificates, a candidate is considered a local for jobs. Those who have studied for four years in a particular district/ zone from Class I to VII are treated as a local of that particular district / zone.
The seven new zones created were Kaleshwaram (zone-1), Basara (zone-2), Rajanna
(zone-3), Bhadradri (zone4), Yadadri (zone-5), Charminar (zone-6) and Jogulamba (zone-7).
Zone-1 includes the districts of Asifabad, Mancherial, Peddapalli and Bhupalapally. Zone-2 consists of Adilabad, Nirmal, Nizamabad and Jagtial districts.
Zone-3 comprises Karimnagar, Siddipet, Sircilla, Kamareddy and Medak districts, while
zone-4 comprises Kothagudem, Khammam, Mahabubabad, Warangal Urban and Warangal Rural districts.
Zone-5 comprises Suryapet, Nalgonda, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri and Jangaon districts, while
zone-6 comprises Medchal-Malkajgiri, Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Sangareddy districts.
Zone-7 comprises Vikarabad, Mahabubnagar, Gadwal, Wanaparthy and Nagarkurnool districts.
This apart, Chief Minister Rao created two
CHANDRASHEKAR RAO also included Vikarabad district in the Charminar zone, following a demand from the locals. This also requires an amendment to the Presidential Order. Vikarabad is currently in the Gogulamba-Gadwal district. Due to lack of Centre’s approval, the state government could not take up any major recruitment drive since 2018, the official confided.
multi-zones. Multi-zone-1 comprises Kaleshwaram, Basara, Rajanna and Bhadradri zones and
multi-zone-2 comprises Yadadri, Charminar and Jogulamba zones. All these zones and multizones were created by taking 31 districts into consideration, which has the Central nod.
However, the two districts the Chief Minister created later — Mulugu and Narayanpet — in
2019, and sent proposals to the ministry of home affairs, seeking to amend the Presidential Orders, taking the total 33 districts into consideration, is still pending.
This apart, Chandrashekar Rao also included Vikarabad district in the Charminar zone, following a demand from the locals. This also requires an amendment to the Presidential Order. Vikarabad is currently in the Gogulamba-Gadwal district.
Due to lack of Centre’s approval, the state government could not take up any major recruitment drive since 2018, the official confided.
The vacancies to be notified in new job notifications should be distributed among all districts and zones to provide 95 per cent reservations for locals. Unless the Centre approves the two new districts and minor changes in zones, the state government cannot go ahead, he said. The state government had on Thursday again written to the Union home ministry to approve the new districts and zones, to enable it to take up recruitment drives.