Arunachal Pradesh Governor JP Rajkhowa cancells all officiating appointments

GUWAHATI: Arunachal Pradesh Governor JP Rajkhowa has cancelled all the officiating or functional appointments and the promotions on ‘out of turn’ basis.

According to an official conmique from Rajbhavan Rajkhowa has issued an Office Memorandum (OM) directing cancellation of all officiating or functional appointments and the promotions made on ‘out of turn’ basis with immediate effect. "All departments will ensure that postings to posts are as per inter-se seniority".

The Governor has instructed concerned Secretaries and Heads of Departments (HoDs), to issue necessary orders accordingly.

It has been decided that henceforth, no officiating posting or promotion outside the merit or inter-se seniority list would be allowed to any junior level officer by bypassing a senior officer in any Department, Organization or Office under the Government of Arunachal Pradesh.

The commique added that in exceptional circumstances, any officiating or functional arrangement is required to be made that too for a very short period purely in public interest, the same may be considered only as an exception, for which written approval from the Chief Secretary has to be obtained on file, in advance.

Thr govnor has justified the action and added this was necessitated in view of numerous complaints received from civil societies, NGOs, as well as Government officials and other aggrieved officers alleging such kind of out of turn promotions in an irregular, illegal and unjustifiable manner.