Recruitment policy

Dear Members!

The representation on "Recruitment policy" addressed to the CAG of India during his visit to Hyderabad is posted here for the information of members please.

Yours Rahul.

Hyderabad

07-01-2011

To

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India,

New Delhi.

Sub: – Recruitment policy – Regarding.

Sir,

I am directed to bring the following few lines for your kind consideration and early favourable orders.

These days the majority of the candidates appointed to Office of the Principal Accountant General (CA) through direct recruitment in the cadres of DEOs / Auditors / AAOs do not belong to this State.

You are aware of the fact that the cadre of DEOs / Auditors / AAOs in IA&AD Department is in the lower steps of the hierarchical ladder.  This means, the DEOs / Auditors / AAOs in IA&AD department have to communicate very frequently with the natives either in the duty of field or headquarters.  Though, the official communication and work is done in either English or Hindi, the verbal communication between peers and staff of auditee organisations would be definitely in the native language.  Further, as most of the basic records maintained by the local bodies and state government departments are in native language, the knowledge of native language becomes all the more important when the Auditors / AAOs are in field duty.

In view of these facts, the officials without the knowledge of the native language will face difficulty in communicating with the native officials and vice versa.  This hampers the efficiency of their performance, which would not be beneficial either to the department or the official.

The problem can be brushed aside by arguing that the newly recruited non-local officials can be trained in the native languages.  However, the past experience indicates that the trainings provided are never enough for free and smooth communication between a native and non-native person and it takes years to cope up with this problem.

There is also another aspect in this issue.  The first few years of the service of the newly recruited non-local officials are consumed in getting a deputation or a mutual transfer to their native or a near by State.  A few officials may also be putting in efforts to get a suitable job in their native or near by State through other competitive examinations.  Thus, a situation arises, where in, it can be said that the cadre strength has increased but without much improvement to the working of the department.

There is also much bigger social and political angle involved in this issue.  The recent trends across the country and particularly in Andhra Pradesh are indicating that there is decrease in the levels of tolerance with increase in the percentage of population of non-locals leading to several agitations and movements.  Though, as an organization the Comptroller and Auditor General of India may not have critical role in this aspect, but every drop of water adds to the mounting tension in the reservoir after full reservoir level.

Therefore, we request the Comptroller and Auditor General of India to adapt a policy of allotting newly recruited candidates to their own / nearby states and also adapt a policy of allowing transfers (transfer of non-local employees to their own / nearby states) within the Department just before recruitments.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

P.RAHUL

(General Secretary)