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Himachal Pradesh : Ban on recruitment! The new Congress government will review the decisions of the BJP tenure

A day after taking charge as the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu directed officials to scrap all service extensions or redeployments given by the previous BJP government. Along with this, it was also announced to review all the decisions taken by the previous cabinet from April 1 this year. Sukhu took oath as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday and 10 more ministers will be included in the cabinet. According to the order issued by the Chief Secretary on Monday, the appointments of all presidents, vice-presidents and nominated members in boards and corporations, autonomous bodies, cooperatives and other committees, including temple committees and urban local bodies, are terminated immediately.

In the order, except for government medical colleges, it has been said to end expansion or re-employment in all services immediately. It also said that from April 1, 2022, all decisions taken by the previous BJP government led by Jai Ram Thakur would be reviewed and notifications for construction and upgradation of institutions would be canceled and the Administrative Department would be taken up for consideration of the Cabinet. Proposals can be submitted afresh. Apart from this, the order states that the ongoing recruitment process in government departments, boards and autonomous bodies of the state government, public universities, except the recruitment process being done through the State Public Service Commission and the State Subordinate Services Selection Board, has been suspended. To be kept However, these orders will not apply to Government Medical Colleges and Health Institutions and status quo will be maintained in respect of transfer orders which have not been implemented.

All the offices have been directed not to issue any new appointment letter or notice inviting applications in respect of pump operators, filters, men doing different jobs, cooks and helpers etc. The Executive Engineer of Jal Shakti Department also directed all the officers of the department to restore all the foundation stones damaged due to any reason.

The government also asked to submit the details of all the foundation stones done by the previous government during the last six months from June 1, 2022, to the Chief Minister’s Office by December 15, 2022. It has been said in the order that all pending tenders under process will be stopped and no work will be given under any circumstances till further orders and no new tender will be invited.