Staff Reporter
Karachi
Sindh Chief Secretary Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah said that under the deceased quota, the provincial government has made 3822 appointments in various departments since 2019. He said this on Wednesday while presiding over a meeting to review other agendas including deceased quota, implementation on differentially disabled persons, regularization of employees as per the Sindh (Regularization of Adhoc and Contract Employees) Act, 2013 and fresh recruitments in various departments of Sindh government. The meeting was attended by senior members of the Board of Revenue, Secretaries of Services and Secretaries of all departments.
Mumtaz Ali Shah said that the provincial government has given 3822 jobs in various departments since 2019under the deceased quota (the quota fixed for the legal heirs of government employees who died during the service) He said that the 5% quota of differently able persons (Disabled Persons) is being implemented under which various jobs have also been provided in the government departments. He directed all the secretaries to ensure implementation of 5% quota by issuing job advertisements.
The meeting was briefed on regularization of employees under the Sindh (Regularization of Adhoc and Contract Employees) Act, 2013. According to details, the services of 52contractual employees have been made permanent in the Revenue Department, 147employees have been made permanent in the education department while the scrutiny committee headed by the provincial education minister will decide for the employees who were recruited through Iqra University and Sindh University.
It was informed in the meeting that 2200 employees have been made permanent in the Population Welfare Department, 175 employees including the Prosecutor have been made permanent in the Law Department. 38 employees have been made permanent in the Works and Services Department, 40 employees have been made permanent in the Information Department, 46 in Women Development, 35 in Livestock &Fisheries, 530 in Universities and Boards. It was informed in the meeting that1298 employees of the health department have also been made permanent through the Act.
The Chief Secretary Sindh said that the employees who are to be made permanent under the Sindh (Regularization of Adhoc and Contract Employees) Act, 2013 should be made permanent soon and the employees who cannot be made permanent under the Act should be informed to the court. He also directed the provincial secretaries to submit timely reply/comments in court cases.
Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah also directed all the secretaries to submit reports regarding pending cases of deceased quota in DRCs at the district levels, after which all Deputy Commissioners would be directed to convey the meetings of the District Recruitment Committees.
