PANAJI: The BJP govt’s policy to force non-performing govt employees to put in their papers, is nothing but creation of a back door entry for youth with ties with the ministers and the BJP, said the Trinamool Congress party.
Accusing the Pramod Sawant govt of tampering with the retirement rules, the TMC demanded that the govt spell out its intentions on a white paper.
Speaking at a press conference, the party’s media coordinator Trajano D’Mello said that the govt needs to specify the meaning of “lethargic” and “non-performing” govt employees before implementing the policy.
“The BJP govt is attempting to tamper with the retirement rule,” said D’Mello, adding, “It is a backdoor strategy to make way for favoured youth and is an indirect way to bring down the retirement age from 60 to 55 or 50 years.”
In order to bring administrative reforms Sawant had said that action will be taken against employees who are disobedient, lethargic at work and who repeatedly come late. Action would be taken against such employees with the option to “retire any govt servant in the public interest” also being considered.
An office memorandum issued by the general administration department on Tuesday stated that strict action would be taken against employees for coming late and being lethargic at work.
D’Mello said that the Goa State Civil Service (Retirement) Rules, 2000 are ambiguous and the timing of the implementation of the norms for forced retirement are questionable. “The govt has now decided to implement it to only further their political gains. The govt must release white paper elaborating on how they wish to take action against those termed lethargic,” said D’Mello.
D’Mello said that the govt is trying to target employees who have attained the age of 50-55 years. He said that if employees are lethargic due to health reasons then there must be a medical committee to verify the reason.
“At present, there is no such medical committee to verify the govt’s justification,” he said.
