Nabarangpur:
Even though 157 unemployed pharmacists applied for the Drug
Distribution Centres (DDC’s)in government run hospitals they are yet to receive any information on their
appointments.
Expressing deep concern over the appointment procedure and
criterion, these unemployed Pharmacists candidates, recently filed a Right to
Information Act (RTI) in the respective departments in the District.
Though the local candidates have applied for the posts of Pharmacists
but no initiative has been taken by the
District Administration as found by the
RTI. The unemployed pharmacists who well deserve the posts remain jobless and
facing lot of difficulties, all of which are wastage of time and money for applying
the posts.
The RTI revealed that on 12th September selection
meeting was organised but the former District Welfare Officer Nabarangpur who
was a member of the committee was absent in that meeting. Notwithstanding the new DWO of Nabarangpur who
joined on 14th September put his signature on the selection
proceedings of the committee. The question which, thus, arises how the
selection committee appointed the pharmacists without publishing the merit
lists of the 157 candidates. Even though there was a alteration and
clarification on the appointment of the pharmacists by the Principal Secretary
health, government of Odisha.
Further revealing on the contents of the RTI, on 26th
March Collector Nabarangpur selected seven candidates bypassing the order of
the principal secretary health dept. government of Odisha. Vide letter No 531/16 the collector Nabarangpur directed the CDMO to issue
engagement orders to the candidates.
Surprisingly on 26th the CDMO
Nabarangpur served the engagement order through the peon. The peon book revels
the individual service of the engagement letters to the candidates who are residing at Balasore, Baragarh, and other districts.
Although the candidates joined on the same day 26th
and 27th on Sunday which appears illegal appointments. The appointments were not made in terms of
statutory rules. Several qualified persons in terms of the statutory
recruitment rules for the post were awaited for justice but the collector directed
to issue the engagement orders bypassing all the rules alleged the pharmacists.
