CHANDIGARH: Panjab University (PU) will start taking exams of aspirants for 187 posts in the municipal corporation (MC) from the last week of July till August. The decision to hold the exams was taken after a meeting of PU authorities with municipal commissioner K K Yadav and other officers. The university explained about plans they have made for the exams and the strict rules and regulations.
“As per the commitment PU has made with the civic body, they will start the process of taking the exams for all posts by the last month of July and will complete it by the end of August. Based on the results, eligible candidates will be selected. Information regarding the date of exams and other details will be sent to applicants soon,” a senior MC officer said.
The MC has received 48,631 applications against 170 posts in 20 different categories. Since the civic body is going to recruit employees on most of these posts after a gap of almost eight to 10 years, the authority had hired Panjab University (PU) for the complete process, right from the beginning through written examination till declaration of results.
As per MC records, the authority has received 18,377 applications for 41 posts of clerk, while 16,508 applications have come against 81 posts of firemen. For the post of sub-inspector of enforcement department, a total of 4,663 applications have been received against six posts and for the single post of law officer, 323 applicants have expressed interest.
Even though almost all MC departments are struggling with manpower issues, the fire and emergency services is the worst affected. Since there was no recruitment of regular firemen to tackle fire cases and look into the related aspects since 2010, the department had to hire people on outsourcing basis against vacant posts. Besides, there is a huge dearth of clerks in majority of the wings.
