In the season of curbing the ways and regulating the bureaucracy, the Uttarakhand has cracked the whip on the ongoing ‘tradition’ of post-retirement extension in government jobs. From now onwards, the department heads giving extensions will have to declare that the “existing workforce is unable to perform duties of the man in question”, following which the state administratation will “consider them for voluntary retirement”.
The strongly worded Government Order, from Uttarakhand chief secretary Om Prakash says, “despite a high number of posts and employees, there has been a tradition of doling out post-retirement jobs in Uttarakhand”. In a strict move, the state has now decided that any department recommending the service extension of a retired official/employee will also have to give it in writing to the personnel and vigilance department, “that its existing staff is unable to perform the duties, which the retired employee will perform after getting the extension”.
The GO further mentions that the declaration would be forwarded to the departmental promotion committee to consider the track record of these employees during their promotion process and the state will thereafter “seriously” consider the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for all such officials and employees.
