Discontent in MVD over appointment of ministerial staff in uniformed posts
The Hindu
‘Those from clerical cadre do not have technical knowledge about vehicles and road safety issues’
Discontent is brewing in the Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) over the practice of appointing ministerial (clerical) staff on promotion to posts that ought to be held by uniformed cadre, even if they are not technically qualified.
The demand to appoint only technically qualified personnel who have also undergone the three-month police training as Motor Vehicle Inspectors (MVIs) and Joint Regional Transport Officers (RTO) has gained strength in the wake of the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety stating in 2019 that only technically qualified people should be appointed in middle ranks.
“A similar recommendation made by the 10th Pay Commission and yet another by the 11th Pay Commission two months ago that the 20-odd executive posts set apart for ministerial staff be identified in the administrative side [and not in executive cadre] must be implemented, from the point of view of road safety,” said A.S. Vinod, general secretary, Kerala MVD Gazetted Officers’ Association.
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