(a) whether the Mormugao Port Trust proposes to fill up 132 vacant posts on direct recruitment basis;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether these posts have been lying vacant for long;
(d) if so, the reasons for not filling them up; and
(e) the time by which the said recruitment is likely to be conducted?
MINISTER OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
(a) & (b) As per the policy of the Government on optimization of direct recruitment of civilian posts that an organization can fill up 1/3rd of the vacancies arising during a year subject to 1% of the sanctioned strength, the Mormugao Port Trust had proposed to fill up 132 posts in Classes-II, III & IV categories. Out of these 132 posts, Government has permitted Mormugao Port Trust to fill up 50 posts in different categories by way of direct recruitment. Regarding remaining 82 posts, Port has been advised to review and explore the possibility of filling up these vacancies by redeployment of existing personnel.
(c) These vacancies have arisen during the years 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05.
(d) As per the policy of optimization of direct recruitment adopted by this Ministry, the proposals for filling up of direct recruitment vacancies are to be approved by the Ministry. The proposal of Mormugao Port Trust in respect of 03 Class-I posts was received in August, 2004 and approved in January, 2005. The proposal of Mormugao Port Trust in respect of 132 posts other than Class-I was received during March, 2005 and finally approved for 50 posts by the competent authority in August, 2005.
(e) The Port has already initiated action to fill up the 50 posts by direct recruitment.