The Indian Express 19.08.2013
For transparency, PMC seeks online recruitment of Class 1-3 employees
Corporation (PMC) has proposed the introduction of online recruitment
service for the civic body through Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Ltd
(MKCL). In a proposal tabled at the standing committee, the civic
administration sought permission to have an agreement with the MKCL,
whereby it could introduce the online recruitment facility.
“The MKCL, organisation promoted by the state government, offered
to execute the facility for PMC,” said Municipal Commissioner Mahesh
Pathak in the proposal. The facility is being planned for recruitment of
staff in categories of class one to three. “Class four civic staff do
not need much educational qualification to be eligible for work. Thus,
the applicants are unlikely to have knowledge of the internet and will
be comfortable with submitting hard copies,” a civic body officer said.
The pre-examination system will enable the PMC to accept
applications and issue challans for payment of fee for the applicants
through the online facility. It will also provide customer relationship
management service of SMS, e-mail account and log-in website for each
candidate. The process will include communication regarding availability
of examination centres, seating arrangement and admit card to
candidates for examination through the online facility. After the
examination, the facility will be used to declare results, publish
cut-off list and final list after compiling marks of the exam and
interview.
The charge for online application processing will be Rs 125 per
candidate and Rs 165 for OMR answer sheet and processing of the written
examination result that will be conducted by PMC. The charges will be Rs
225 per candidate if the facility includes online application
processing, examination and result processing by MKCL.
The MKCL has successfully implemented this framework of online
and quasi-online recruitment across the state for more than 60 state
government departments and has around 50 lakh applicants using the
facility, the proposal said.
Civic activist Vihar Durve welcomed the PMC step for online
recruitment. “This will make the recruitment process transparent and
stop unwarranted interference of corporators. Though the recruitment
powers have been recently given to the civic body chief, corporators try
to push for their candidates,” he said.
The benefits of technology should be effectively used by the PMC
in all services, he said, adding that the online recruitment facility
through MKCL should ensure that there were no problems in the system, as
found in the facility of MPSC.
