PANAJI: Goa minister Vishwajit Rane on Saturday requested high officers of departments beneath him to file police complaints over alleged cast appointment and supply letters. The directive got here after Goa Congress chief Amit Patkar confirmed a number of such letters given to aspirants for jobs in City Growth, City and Nation Planning and Well being departments, all of that are a part of Rane’s portfolio.
Patkar, addressing a press convention, stated these have been a part of efforts to extort cash from aspirants, including the supply and appointment letters have signatures of head of departments (HoDs). Responding to the allegations, Rane, in a media assertion, stated, “Forgery of presidency officers’ signatures is a legal offence. All division heads have been instructed to file FIRs towards people concerned in producing and distributing these fraudulent paperwork.”
Rane claimed one of many letters had a cast stamp of the forest division and that it falsely implicated official Jyoti Sardessai, who is definitely a former director of the Meals and Drug Administration. It reveals the lengths to which people are going to misrepresent authorities authorities and mislead the general public, Rane stated within the assertion, including strict motion can be taken towards such defamatory actions.
The circulation of a name recording by a person allegedly providing to promote authorities jobs was supposed to wreck the popularity of the minister and departments concerned, Rane stated. “Steps ought to be taken to make sure the police examine and tackle this misconduct,” the minister stated.
The money for presidency jobs “rip-off” got here to mild within the state after six individuals have been arrested for allegedly taking bribes, following which Chief Minister Pramod Sawant requested individuals to return ahead and file complaints in case they’ve been duped on this method. Earlier within the day, Patkar, addressing a press convention, stated Sawant ought to make clear if vacancies will probably be stuffed via the Workers Choice Fee (SSC) or particular person departments.
He additionally stated the Congress would petition Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai over these irregularities. “The state authorities should situation a white paper on the provision of jobs. These vacancies should be stuffed via SSC to curb such scams. A high-level fee ought to be constituted to probe the difficulty,” Patkar stated. The BJP authorities in Goa allowed vacancies to lapse in order that they might be stuffed on a contractual foundation, he alleged.
