The Times of India 22.02.2013
Promotions of Nashik Municipal Corporation staffers to finally get promotions
NASHIK: The long-pending promotions of officials and workers of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC)
that were declared in the last three months will be carried out on
Friday. The mayor will officially hand over the promotion letters to
employees.
The employees have been promoted after 1999 albeit after a lot of obstacles that resulted in delays and postponement of the process. The promotion process was postponed twice before it finally began on November 19.
Over 650 officials and workers were promoted since then over a period of around three months. Screens were displayed at the entrance of the NMC office during the declaration of the promotions by the promotion committee to ensure transparency.
On the reasons for the delay of the promotion, an official said that the administration had not received the resolution passed by the general body. He said, "Now that we have received the copy, the orders will be issued on Friday. The formality will be done by the mayor," he said.
NMC officials said that many vested interests had tried to create pressures of sorts but the administration went ahead with it as per the rules and have displayed screens at the entrance of Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan- the NMC headquarters- as a testimony to transparency. They said that despite pressure, the municipal commissioner Sanjay Khandare was firm on maintaining transparency in promotions.
Earlier, before the promotion process began, Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) had appealed for transparency and 100 percent promotions of employees based on seniority and educational qualification. "Irrespective of their demands, we were firm about the promotions," said an official.
The official said there are 1098 vacant posts in the NMC now that the promotions are being handed over. The vacant posts will be filled through direct recruitment.
The employees have been promoted after 1999 albeit after a lot of obstacles that resulted in delays and postponement of the process. The promotion process was postponed twice before it finally began on November 19.
Over 650 officials and workers were promoted since then over a period of around three months. Screens were displayed at the entrance of the NMC office during the declaration of the promotions by the promotion committee to ensure transparency.
On the reasons for the delay of the promotion, an official said that the administration had not received the resolution passed by the general body. He said, "Now that we have received the copy, the orders will be issued on Friday. The formality will be done by the mayor," he said.
NMC officials said that many vested interests had tried to create pressures of sorts but the administration went ahead with it as per the rules and have displayed screens at the entrance of Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan- the NMC headquarters- as a testimony to transparency. They said that despite pressure, the municipal commissioner Sanjay Khandare was firm on maintaining transparency in promotions.
Earlier, before the promotion process began, Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) had appealed for transparency and 100 percent promotions of employees based on seniority and educational qualification. "Irrespective of their demands, we were firm about the promotions," said an official.
The official said there are 1098 vacant posts in the NMC now that the promotions are being handed over. The vacant posts will be filled through direct recruitment.
