Kolkata High Court: The High Court's big order on the appointment of supervisors in ICDS! How many people are going to get a job?
The state government is said to have disregarded the directive and continued the hiring procedure. There are rumors that the state keeps the hiring process going without revealing the panel.
Arnabanshu Niyogi: The issue of ICDS supervisor hiring was finally settled after 26 years thanks to the High Court’s intervention. Hiring supervisors should not be the end of 409 employees’ journey. A total of 1729 individuals must be appointed by the state government. court directive.
The case statement states that the latest appointment to the ICDS supervisor position occurred in 1998. In 2019, the next hiring procedure commenced. Recruitment Notice for 3458 ICDS Supervisor Positions Released. The national government’s mandate dated September 15, 2015, makes it very clear that hiring decisions should be made with a 50% bias for Anganwari workers who are promoting.
There are only 422 positions left for Anganwari workers after the state government allegedly began the direct recruiting procedure for the remaining 3036 positions. Some Anganwari laborers went to the High Court to contest this state government employment announcement.
Judge Lapita Banerjee gave the state administration instructions on September 19, 2023, to assign Anganwari workers to 50% of the open positions based on advancement. However, the state government is said to have disregarded the directive and carried on with the hiring process. To fill the position of Promotional Supervisor, Anganwari staff must pass an examination.
A list of 1152 candidates with merit was also made public. Who gets to sit in Vivah afterwards? There are rumors that the state keeps the hiring process going without revealing the panel. 200 Anganwari laborers who were placed on the merit list then petitioned the High Court once more.
A challenge against Justice Lapita Banerjee’s ruling was brought before Justice Soumen Sen’s division bench on January 13, 2024. Nevertheless, no stay on the Single Bench’s order was granted by the Division Bench. The 30 petitioners’ attorney, Ashish Kumar Chowdhury, informed Judge Rajashekhar Manthar in court that the central government’s guidelines required that half of the Anganwari supervisors be chosen from the Anganwari workforce.
However, the state carried on with the hiring procedure in defiance of the High Court’s directive. This is against the law. He asked the court to order the recruitment of Anganwari workers for half of the supervisor positions.
Following the hearing, Justice Rajashekhar Mantha directed the state government and PSC to appoint Anganwari personnel to fill 50% of the supervisor openings, as there was no stay on Justice Lapita Banerjee’s order. The state government is required to appoint 1729 Anganwari workers out of 3458 available positions. The preliminary list for the recruitment of 409 individuals to promotional roles was announced by the government on April 12.
The 1152 candidates on the merit list may be appointed to fill the remaining positions. Within a six-week period, the state government was instructed by the judge to produce an affidavit, as the recruiting procedure subject is currently before the division bench.
