Delhi govt seeks to convert temporary posts within departments to permanent ones

The Delhi government is planning to convert certain temporary posts within its department into permanent ones, taking into account the nature of the work.

The administration has issued a circular to principal secretaries and secretaries and asked them to submit a proposal of their departments concerned in this regard.

"All the departments are requested to submit the proposal to the finance department in the respective original file wherein the approval of competent authority was obtained for the creation of temporary posts and subsequently wherein the approval of finance department was being obtained for continuation/extension of the said temporary posts till 2019-20..." the circular stated.

The circular further stated that temporary posts which have existed for more than three years will be considered for conversion into permanent posts.

According to the circular, details like number of temporary posts, the purpose of creation, nomenclature, and number of temporary posts proposed for conversion to permanent ones have to be mentioned in the proposal.

Meanwhile, the services department of the Delhi government has also written to the head of departments on the issue of extending engagements of contractual staff.