Shillong, Feb 11: Over 1700 plus government post are lying vacant in various government departments with the maximum vacancies being in the Health Department, revealed Right to Information (RTI) activist, Disparsing Rani, on Thursday.
Rani informed that 1,708 posts are lying vacant in various state government departments, with the Health Department having the maximum vacant posts at 547.
“As many as 547 of these are in the Health Department, that is excluding East Khasi Hills, Jowai and Tura”, said Rani.
“183 vacant posts are in Water Resources, 133 in Statistics, 31 in Horticulture, 35 in Agriculture, 226 in Soil and Water Conservation, 113 in Commerce and Industry, 148 in Printing and Stationery, 30 in Sports and Youth Affairs, 90 in the State Rural Livelihood Society, 97 in Forest, 19 in Public Works Department and 26 in Education,” mentioned Rani.
Reflecting on these numbers, he said it is sad to see that officiating appointments and those on compassionate grounds have been abolished from 1997 and 2010 but the practice is still continuing in some departments in the state.
