(a) whether the Government has received any complaints regarding violation of filling-up of backlog vacancies in various Departments of the Government;
(b) if so, the details thereof and number of vacancies still pending for filling-up in various Departments, cadre-wise and category-wise; and
(c) the action taken by the Government for filling-up the same?
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)
(a) & (b): Normally, the complaints relating to non-filling-up of backlog reserved vacancies in various Departments of the Government, as and when received, are forwarded to the concerned Department for appropriate action. Such information relating to backlog reserved vacancies is not centrally maintained.
(c): A Special Recruitment Drive was launched in November, 2008 for filling up backlog reserved vacancies for SCs, STs and OBCs. A separate Special Recruitment Drive was also launched in November, 2009 for filling up backlog reserved vacancies for Persons with Disabilities. Both the Special Recruitment Drives were concluded on 31.3.2012. As per information received from various Ministries/Departments, 48,034 backlog vacancies reserved for SCs, STs, and OBCs and 2388 backlog vacancies reserved for persons with disabilities were filled up. Instructions have also been issued in June, 2013 to make concerted efforts to fill up backlog reserved vacancies.