Big decision of Nitish Cabinet on promotion of state employees
Before Dussehra, the state government has given a big gift to the government employees. A total of eightagendas were approved in the cabinet meeting held on friday (13 October). Despite the matter of reservation inpromotion being under consideration in the supreme court, the state government has decided to give promotionto government servants. Giving this information, cabinet Secretary S siddharth said that promotion ofemployees and officers was stalled for a long time in almost all the departments.For example, many junior engineers are working as executive engineers in charge. Similarly, many junioremployees are being given the charge of seniors and are being given the junior pay scale. Now on this, the StateGovernment has decided that out of 100% for any one post, 16% scheduled caste and one percent ScheduledTribe i.e. 17% will be fixed in the light of the decision of the Honorable supreme court and in the remaining83% also 16% Reservation will be given to % scheduled caste and 1% Scheduled Tribe i.e. 17% ScheduledCaste and Scheduled Tribe. After seeing this, it has been decided to give normal promotion.Cabinet Secretary S siddharth said that in the departments where 17% Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribesare not available, that number of posts will be left vacant for the time being. Its decision will be taken further bythe state government. Promotion of state government employees and officials has been stalled since 2016,keeping in view an alternative path has been prepared in the cabinet today. He also said that when the SupremeCourt’s decision comes, work will be done in the light of that decision. If the person who has been promoted isnot going to be promoted as per the instructions of the court, then he will be brought back to the same post inwhich he was promoted, but the state government will not take back the payment made to him throughpromotion.