Tripura to hire retired civil servants to complete pending departmental proceedings

AGARTALA: Tripura Council of Ministers on Tuesday gave its approval to have interaction retired civil servants and judicial officers to expedite the method of departmental proceedings piled up for a few years.

“The choice has been taken to lower pendency of instances,” Tripura cupboard spokesperson and knowledge and cultural affairs minister Sushanta Chowdhury mentioned.

Briefing the media after the state cupboard assembly on the secretariat, Chowdhury mentioned, “The state cupboard has given its approval to nominate retired IAS, Tripura Civil Service and Tripura Judicial Service officers for well timed completion of departmental inquiries pending for a number of years. The retired officers will likely be entitled to a one time honorarium of Rs 15,000 for IAS officers and Rs 10,000 for state officers in the event that they submit the report throughout the span of three months.”

“The monetary advantages can be awarded case smart,” he additional clarified.

In response to the Minister, the division of administrative reforms has taken the choice and the appointments of retired officers shall be made in accordance with the suggestions made by a committee chaired by the Legislation Secretary.

“Principal Secretary Administrative Reforms and Extra Secretary of the division shall even be the a part of the committee”, the minister added.

To a query relating to the variety of instances, he mentioned, “The overall variety of pending departmental proceedings can be a couple of a whole bunch.”

Aside from that, the Minister has spoken in regards to the state authorities’s preparedness in regards to the Omicron, Chowdhury mentioned.

Principal Secretary Tripura Well being and Household welfare division had knowledgeable the state cupboard that the COVID-19 graph had been declining and there have been no instances of Omicron detected within the state thus far. “We’re nonetheless protected and there’s not a single case of Omicron reported within the state,” mentioned Chowdhury.

In the meantime, the Tripura cupboard has additionally authorised the proposals of allotting two land plots with areas of 25 acres and 49.21 acres to Tripura Medical School and Ministry of House Affairs for growth of hospital and graduation of development for Forensic College Campus respectively.