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114 selected for temporary posts left in lurch

By Our Staff Reporter

NAGAPATTINAM, AUG. 3. As many as 114 persons selected for the posts of assistants on a temporary basis by the district administration during the government employees strike last year have been left in the lurch, as the Education Department where they were posted has not appointed them.

They are staging demonstrations and observing fast in front of the Collectorate frequently to highlight their demand. Sixty-one candidates, including 11 women, observed a fast in front of the Collectorate on Monday.

After the Chief Minister ordered the recruitment of 500 temporary assistants in each district during the strike, the district administration selected 495 candidates (five posts meant for the Scheduled Tribes could not be filled owing to the non-availability of candidates). The candidates, most of them aged 40 and belonging to poor families, were selected as per the guidelines, and selection orders were issued to them. They had left their previous jobs, hoping to get government job.

The administration allotted 381 temporary assistants to various departments and 114 to the Education Department. While all other departments issued them appointment orders, the Education Department did not take these candidates in. As they were told that they would get the orders soon, they did not represent the matter to the then Collector, S. Ramachandran.

In the meantime, the government employees withdrew their strike and joined duty. As a result, the 114 candidates were left in the lurch. When they met the Collector, M. Veera Shanmugha Moni, he promised to look into the matter. Besides, they sent representations to the officials, but in vain.

When the Government reinstated all the temporary assistants in the last week of June after terminating their services, they regained their hope, and are now appealing to the Chief Minister to take them in. Mr. Veera Shanmugha Moni told The Hindu today that he would take up the issue with the Government.

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