Chandigarh, August 16
Opposing certain rules framed by the state government for nomination of various officials to the PCS (Executive) cadre, the Excise and Taxation Officers’ (ETOs) Association has appealed to Chief Secretary SC Aggarwal to look into the matter.
At least 35 officials are to be nominated to the PCS cadre from the departments of Excise and Taxation, Revenue and Development besides ministerial services.
Owing to the paucity of PCS officials for conducting the assembly elections, the government is eager to fill all the vacant slots at the earliest with the approval of the Punjab Public Service Commission.
Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal, president of the association, said since the inception of rules in 1976, nominations to the PCS was made only from among the eligible ETOs. However, the government had amended rules to also include Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioners (AETCs) for the PCS nominations.
Dhaliwal urged the Chief Secretary to look into the matter, saying no nomination would be possible from among the ETOs under the new rules because the nominations would be considered on the basis of seniority and all slots would go to the Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioners.
Opposing certain rules framed by the state government for nomination of various officials to the PCS (Executive) cadre, the Excise and Taxation Officers’ (ETOs) Association has appealed to Chief Secretary SC Aggarwal to look into the matter.
At least 35 officials are to be nominated to the PCS cadre from the departments of Excise and Taxation, Revenue and Development besides ministerial services.
Owing to the paucity of PCS officials for conducting the assembly elections, the government is eager to fill all the vacant slots at the earliest with the approval of the Punjab Public Service Commission.
Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal, president of the association, said since the inception of rules in 1976, nominations to the PCS was made only from among the eligible ETOs. However, the government had amended rules to also include Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioners (AETCs) for the PCS nominations.
Dhaliwal urged the Chief Secretary to look into the matter, saying no nomination would be possible from among the ETOs under the new rules because the nominations would be considered on the basis of seniority and all slots would go to the Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioners.
Five officials are to be nominated from among the AETCs and ETOs to the PCS and remaining from other departments. For each slot, three names are to be considered. That means, names of 15 AETCs would be considered for nomination, leaving the ETOs high and dry. Already, there were 42 AETCs on the rolls of the government.
The association said if at this stage the rules could not be altered, the government should fix a quota for the PCS on the basis of the strength of the AETC and ETO cadres.
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