Shimla : Himachal Pradesh Cabinet in its meeting held here today took a Policy Decision to convert the services of all the part-time workers in different Government Departments, Boards and Corporations into daily wagers who have completed 10 years of continuous part-time service as on March 31, 2009. This decision of the State Government would benefit about 3,000 part-time workers.
The Cabinet decided to regularise the services of 563 daily wagers who fulfill eligibility criteria, as per the norms laid down by the State Government for regularisation purposes, besides having completed the prescribed regular service of eight years upto March 31, 2008 in the Irrigation and Public Health Department by creating 31 new posts in the class IV category and filling up 532 existing vacancies in the department.
The Cabinet consented to elevate 872 Panchayat Sahayaks, who have satisfactorily completed eight years of service on 31 March, 2008 and fulfill all other eligibility conditions, to the posts of Panchayat Secretaries on contract basis who shall be paid contractual salary of Rs. 4,680 at par with other contractual Panchayat Secretaries.
The Cabinet has also approved up-gradation of two posts of Deputy Secretary to Joint Secretary and creation of one post each of Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary in the Department of Law with a view to strengthen the department and clear all pendancies.
The state cabinet also approved relaxation in educational qualifications to pave the way for regularisation of 26 daily wagers in the Department of Forest against the existing vacancies.
