Pinarayi does a Veena George in Kerala Assembly, says Kasaragod’s authorities departments have no vacancies

By Express News Service

KASARAGOD: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan did a Veena George within the Assembly when he stated there have been no vacancies in authorities departments in Kasaragod district.

The chief minister’s reply comes a day after speaker M B Rajesh pulled up well being minister George for giving imprecise solutions to questions posed by members within the Assembly.

On Wednesday, Kanhangad MLA and senior CPI chief E Chandrasekharan sought an answer from the chief minister to the vacancies in authorities departments.

Chandrasekharan — who was the income minister in Pinarayi Vijayan’s first authorities from 2016 to 2022 — stated there have been round 1,500 vacancies within the district, and over 1,000 of them have been within the departments of well being and training. “I want to submit before the chief minister to fill the vacancies in Kasaragod and find a lasting solution to the problem,” he stated. He stated the federal government ought to contemplate conducting a particular recruitment drive within the district in order that the vacancies might be crammed with natives.

The chief minister, nevertheless, stated posts weren’t mendacity vacant in authorities departments in Kasaragod. “The member has pointed out a serious problem. Such problems arise in some districts, including Kasaragod, because employees posted there in various departments go on leave after joining,” Vijayan stated within the Assembly. 

This leaves essential posts vacant which in flip impacts the implementation of initiatives within the districts, he stated. 

Considering the hindrance induced to implementing initiatives, the chief minister stated the federal government had given strict instruction to the division heads to make sure workers posted in Idukki, Wayanad, and Kasaragod districts work of their respective districts for a stipulated interval.

“There are no circumstances to leave the posts vacant,” he stated. All appointing authorities have been given strict instructions to report back to the Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) vacancies as and after they come up, the chief minister stated.

There have been limitations in conducting PSC exams in the course of the pandemic and due to that, rank lists for the posts of clerk, final grade, and decrease main (LP) faculty trainer weren’t obtainable, he stated.

“Now PSC has published the rank list. Advice has been given for 230 vacancies of LP school teachers. I’m hoping that advice memos for clerks and last grade posts will be given soon,” the chief minister stated.

When contacted, Chandrasekharan stated he “did not agree with the reply” however stated there was no provision for a counter-question when ministers have been replying to a submission. 

“If it was a ‘point of order’, I could have raised a question. But the point of order is often used to raise matters with statewide implications,” he stated.

The chief minister didn’t reply to the suggestion of a particular recruitment drive.

Checking the truth of CM’s assertion

On July 13, in a written reply to Kasaragod MLA N A Nellikkunnu’s unstarred questions, minister for training V Sivankutty stated there have been 976 vacant posts of academics in government-run decrease main faculties, higher main faculties, excessive faculties, and better secondary faculties.

There are 174 vacant posts of academics in greater secondary faculties and 236 in excessive faculties.

Upper main faculties have 250 vacancies and decrease main faculties have 316 vacancies. 

“The chief minister is right in giving advice memos for teachers’ posts in LP schools. But the PSC has given advice memo to only 228 candidates when 316 vacancies were reported,” stated a faculty trainer, who tracks authorities appointments. There isn’t any PSC rank checklist for the opposite sections of the colleges.” 

“It will take another four to five months before teachers are appointed to those posts. But the chief minister says there are no vacant posts,” he stated.

The vacancies reported by Sivankutty don’t embody the brand new posts that may be created based mostly on this yr’s scholar energy. 

“Many schools in Kasaragod have 60 to 65 students in one classroom. Those classes can be split only after the government creates new posts. No new posts have been created in schools for the past three years because of covid,” the trainer stated.

Village officers’ posts are additionally vacant

Kallar, Kodoth, Bellur, Parappa, Balal and West Eleri villages in Vellarikkundu taluk don’t have village officers. That is, six of the 14 villages within the taluk are headless. A village officer has been appointed in Panathady village however he’s but to affix, stated an officer within the taluk.

Village officers of Kinanur, Karinthalam, and Thayanoor are ready within the wings with their switch orders. 

“We asked them to stay till their replacement comes because we do not have enough SDOs to hand over charges,” stated the officer.

Similarly, 4 of the 23 villages in Kasaragod taluk don’t have village officers. Karivedakam, Bandadka, Thalangara, and Chengala villages are headless. Munnad village officers have been posted however they’re but to affix.

But the most important bane within the administration of Kasaragod district is ‘group villages’. The district has 119 villages, however 44 of them are connected to different village places of work. So one village officer should handle two or three villages.

No specialty remedy

The well being sector in Kasaragod is usually within the information for the unsuitable causes. Though the chief minister stated there have been no vacancies in Kasaragod, well being officers within the district stated 14 posts of speciality medical doctors are mendacity vacant within the District Hospital, General Hospital, and some taluk hospitals. 

“These posts cannot be filled on an ad hoc basis because we don’t get the right candidates. The government will have to fill the posts,” stated a prime well being official.

Another 20 posts of assistant surgeons (MBBS) are additionally vacant. “We have filled 18 posts on a temporary basis now. But these doctors are always a flight risk,” he stated. In three months, they’ll go away en masse after they have exams. 

“That’s when we need them most,” the officers stated.

These are simply primers of vacant posts. The authorities has constructed hospital blocks and hospitals in a number of locations and most of them are mendacity vacant as a result of the federal government has not appointed sufficient workers. None of the taluk hospitals in Kasaragod district admits delivery instances as a result of they neither have gynaecologists nor anaesthetists.

Vacancies in different departments

In October 2021, the district administration took inventory of the vacancies in Kasaragod and located that 1,643 of the 14,357 posts have been mendacity vacant. Since then many posts might need been stuffed and a minimum of a number of others might need fallen vacant.

The police division had 19 posts of sub-inspector and 23 posts of feminine civil law enforcement officials vacant.

There have been vacancies within the departments of Animal Husbandry, Water Authority, Fire and Rescue Service, and Cooperation Audit Department.

The Local Self-Government Department stated it has stuffed all its posts.

KASARAGOD: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan did a Veena George within the Assembly when he stated there have been no vacancies in authorities departments in Kasaragod district.

The chief minister’s reply comes a day after speaker M B Rajesh pulled up well being minister George for giving imprecise solutions to questions posed by members within the Assembly.

On Wednesday, Kanhangad MLA and senior CPI chief E Chandrasekharan sought an answer from the chief minister to the vacancies in authorities departments.

Chandrasekharan — who was the income minister in Pinarayi Vijayan’s first authorities from 2016 to 2022 — stated there have been round 1,500 vacancies within the district, and over 1,000 of them have been within the departments of well being and training. “I want to submit before the chief minister to fill the vacancies in Kasaragod and find a lasting solution to the problem,” he stated. He stated the federal government ought to contemplate conducting a particular recruitment drive within the district in order that the vacancies might be crammed with natives.

The chief minister, nevertheless, stated posts weren’t mendacity vacant in authorities departments in Kasaragod. “The member has pointed out a serious problem. Such problems arise in some districts, including Kasaragod, because employees posted there in various departments go on leave after joining,” Vijayan stated within the Assembly. 

This leaves essential posts vacant which in flip impacts the implementation of initiatives within the districts, he stated. 

Considering the hindrance induced to implementing initiatives, the chief minister stated the federal government had given strict instruction to the division heads to make sure workers posted in Idukki, Wayanad, and Kasaragod districts work of their respective districts for a stipulated interval.

“There are no circumstances to leave the posts vacant,” he stated. All appointing authorities have been given strict instructions to report back to the Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) vacancies as and after they come up, the chief minister stated.

There have been limitations in conducting PSC exams in the course of the pandemic and due to that, rank lists for the posts of clerk, final grade, and decrease main (LP) faculty trainer weren’t obtainable, he stated.

“Now PSC has published the rank list. Advice has been given for 230 vacancies of LP school teachers. I’m hoping that advice memos for clerks and last grade posts will be given soon,” the chief minister stated.

When contacted, Chandrasekharan stated he “did not agree with the reply” however stated there was no provision for a counter-question when ministers have been replying to a submission. 

“If it was a ‘point of order’, I could have raised a question. But the point of order is often used to raise matters with statewide implications,” he stated.

The chief minister didn’t reply to the suggestion of a particular recruitment drive.

Checking the truth of CM’s assertion

On July 13, in a written reply to Kasaragod MLA N A Nellikkunnu’s unstarred questions, minister for training V Sivankutty stated there have been 976 vacant posts of academics in government-run decrease main faculties, higher main faculties, excessive faculties, and better secondary faculties.

There are 174 vacant posts of academics in greater secondary faculties and 236 in excessive faculties.

Upper main faculties have 250 vacancies and decrease main faculties have 316 vacancies. 

“The chief minister is right in giving advice memos for teachers’ posts in LP schools. But the PSC has given advice memo to only 228 candidates when 316 vacancies were reported,” stated a faculty trainer, who tracks authorities appointments. There isn’t any PSC rank checklist for the opposite sections of the colleges.” 

“It will take another four to five months before teachers are appointed to those posts. But the chief minister says there are no vacant posts,” he stated.

The vacancies reported by Sivankutty don’t embody the brand new posts that may be created based mostly on this yr’s scholar energy. 

“Many schools in Kasaragod have 60 to 65 students in one classroom. Those classes can be split only after the government creates new posts. No new posts have been created in schools for the past three years because of covid,” the trainer stated.

Village officers’ posts are additionally vacant

Kallar, Kodoth, Bellur, Parappa, Balal and West Eleri villages in Vellarikkundu taluk don’t have village officers. That is, six of the 14 villages within the taluk are headless. A village officer has been appointed in Panathady village however he’s but to affix, stated an officer within the taluk.

Village officers of Kinanur, Karinthalam, and Thayanoor are ready within the wings with their switch orders. 

“We asked them to stay till their replacement comes because we do not have enough SDOs to hand over charges,” stated the officer.

Similarly, 4 of the 23 villages in Kasaragod taluk don’t have village officers. Karivedakam, Bandadka, Thalangara, and Chengala villages are headless. Munnad village officers have been posted however they’re but to affix.

But the most important bane within the administration of Kasaragod district is ‘group villages’. The district has 119 villages, however 44 of them are connected to different village places of work. So one village officer should handle two or three villages.

No specialty remedy

The well being sector in Kasaragod is usually within the information for the unsuitable causes. Though the chief minister stated there have been no vacancies in Kasaragod, well being officers within the district stated 14 posts of speciality medical doctors are mendacity vacant within the District Hospital, General Hospital, and some taluk hospitals. 

“These posts cannot be filled on an ad hoc basis because we don’t get the right candidates. The government will have to fill the posts,” stated a prime well being official.

Another 20 posts of assistant surgeons (MBBS) are additionally vacant. “We have filled 18 posts on a temporary basis now. But these doctors are always a flight risk,” he stated. In three months, they’ll go away en masse after they have exams. 

“That’s when we need them most,” the officers stated.

These are simply primers of vacant posts. The authorities has constructed hospital blocks and hospitals in a number of locations and most of them are mendacity vacant as a result of the federal government has not appointed sufficient workers. None of the taluk hospitals in Kasaragod district admits delivery instances as a result of they neither have gynaecologists nor anaesthetists.

Vacancies in different departments

In October 2021, the district administration took inventory of the vacancies in Kasaragod and located that 1,643 of the 14,357 posts have been mendacity vacant. Since then many posts might need been stuffed and a minimum of a number of others might need fallen vacant.

The police division had 19 posts of sub-inspector and 23 posts of feminine civil law enforcement officials vacant.

There have been vacancies within the departments of Animal Husbandry, Water Authority, Fire and Rescue Service, and Cooperation Audit Department.

The Local Self-Government Department stated it has stuffed all its posts.