Guwahati, 24th July: The personnel department of the Government of Assam has unveiled plans to abolish several vacant non-essential posts in line with the new age of administration and e-Office implementation. Approximately 50 per cent of these non-essential positions, including Grade-IV and many Grade-III roles, will be abolished to ensure more efficient governance.
According to a memorandum released by the personnel department on July 20, the decision to abolish these posts is a result of the government’s focus on scientific, systematic, and time-bound processing of official matters to enhance public service delivery.
“In the new age of administration and governance, the Government of Assam has given more impetus for processing the Official matters in a more scientific, systematic and time bound manner for efficient public service delivery. The introduction of the e-Office and other e- mode of administrative measures have made some posts non-essential in the Departments due to their under-utilization in the present context. Those non-essential vacant posts of the Departments are required to be abolished regularly and the Departments will take necessary steps for abolition of the non-essential vacant posts in consultation with the Finance Department,” the memorandum stated.
The abolition of these positions will be implemented across all departments of the Government of Assam. Additionally, the move is expected to create new essential and need-based positions as required, subject to consultation with the personnel and finance departments of the state government.
“Alternatively, new essential and need-based posts, if at all necessary, may be created by the Department in consultation with Personnel Department and Finance Department. For this the Departments will undertake regular exercise to identify non-essential posts and examine any requirement of essential posts that needs to be created. The administrative Departments will henceforth send the requisition of only essential vacant or new posts to the Assam Public Service Commission/ Recruitment Board/ Recruitment Commissions constituted, for recommending eligible candidates,” added the memorandum.
The changes are set to take effect immediately, marking a significant step towards modernizing administrative practices and fostering efficient governance in the state of Assam.
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