CM Sukhu’s Cabinet Approves Himachal Pradesh Rajya Chayan Aayog to Conduct Recruitment Exams – News18

The Himachal Pradesh government on Thursday approved the setting up of the Himachal Pradesh Rajya Chayan Aayog to conduct examinations for the recruitment of various Group-C posts in various departments, boards, corporations and local bodies.

The decision to form the new agency had to be taken after the Hamirpur-based Himachal Pradesh Staff Selection Commission (HPSSC) was disbanded following allegations of paper leaks and irregularities in recruitment.

The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting in which it was decided that the Chayan Aayog would have an IAS-rank officer as chief administrator, besides an administrator, joint director and a law officer.

The new recruitment agency was constituted on the recommendations of the Sanan committee for ensuring free, fair, transparent and merit-based selections for various group C posts in the government sector.

The Cabinet also gave the nod to filling 1,226 posts of constable, including 292 women and 57 drivers, in the police department. These constables would form part of a special commando force, which would launch a crackdown on the drug mafia and drug traffickers. It also decided to increase the honorarium of the school management committee (SMC) appointed teachers by Rs 2,000 per month, benefiting 2,115 individuals, and that of part-time water carriers working in the Education Department from Rs 3,900 to Rs 4,400 per month with effect from April 1, 2023, thus benefiting 283 individuals.

The Cabinet decided to bring the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue (Amendment) Bill, 2023, in the upcoming monsoon session of the Assembly to address the issue of delayed decisions in revenue court cases and streamline various revenue operations like partitions, corrections, mutations, appeals and demarcations.

To crack the whip on illegal mining, the Cabinet gave approval to fill 12 posts of Mining Inspector, 24 of Assistant Mining Inspector and 38 of Mining Guards in the Industries Department.

It also decided to fill 50 posts of Horticulture Extension Officer in the Horticulture Department, 10 posts of Statistics Assistant in the Economic and Statistics Department and eight posts of associate and assistant professors in various medical colleges.