CS asks GAD to obtain status as only 8 deptts conducted DPCs
By: Sameer Lone
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has directed the Administrative Secretaries to hold timely meetings of Departmental Promotion Committees (DPCs) in order to streamline the regularizations and promotions, after it came to his notice that only eight departments have conducted DPCs.
The General Administration Department (GAD) has been asked to obtain status of Departmental Promotion Committees in such departments where DPCs are pending.
According to official sources, Sinha and the Chief Secretary instructed the administrative secretaries to hold DPCs without any further delay as out of 43 administrative departments, 29 departments have not even begun the process of DPCs.
The delay in Departmental Promotion Committees (DPCs) leads to delay in promotions and regularizations which come as a demotivation and disappointment for the employees.
Most of the departments have cited issues related to pending court cases, verification of academic documents and reservation in promotion hindering the timely conduct of Departmental Promotion Committee meetings.
The Chief Secretary has advised all these departments to consult the Law Department to expedite resolution of such issues.
The Public Service Commission has fixed 90 days time-frame for completion of DPCs. The Chief Secretary in a meeting held last December had instructed the Administrative Secretaries to submit proposals for conduct of DPC meetings to the Public Service Commission after strictly following the check-list devised by the Commission keeping in view the relevant rules and Government instructions issued from time to time.
However, even after repeated instructions, the situation has not improved up to the desired level.
The departments that have completed DPCS as of today are Tourism, Forest, Skill Development, Transport, Administrative Reforms and Trainings, Industries and Commerce, Labour and Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs.
Sources said that the DPC exercise is under process in the departments of Revenue, Power Development, Mining, Housing and Urban Development, Jal Shakti and Floriculture. However, the remaining departments have yet not started the exercise on different grounds, sources further informed.
