Lok Sabha Question No. 2492 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-13
Subject: Vacant Posts in Ministry
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Girish Chandra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2492 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## Vacant Posts in Ministry

## 2492.  SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  a  large  number  of  posts  related  to  Scheduled  Tribe  (ST)  and  Other Backward Classes are lying vacant in the Ministry;
- (b)  if  so,  the  current  status  of  posts  sanctioned  for  these  categories  and  for  general category and the details of these posts and the posts lying vacant out of them;
- (c)  the steps taken by the Government in the last three years to fill these positions;
- (d) whether some communities are being deprived of getting benefits of reservation by not filling these sanctioned posts; and
- (e) if so, the details therof ?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (Dr. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a)  to  (e): The  detail  of  category-wise  sanctioned  and  vacant  posts  belonging  to  various  cadres such as Indian  Statistical  Service  (ISS),  Sub-ordinate  Statistical  Service  (SSS),  Indian  Economic Service  (IES),  Central  Secretariat  Services  (CSS),  Central  Secretariat  Stenographers  Services (CSSS),  Central  Secretariat  Clerical  Services  (CSCS),  Central  Secretariat  Official  Language Services (CSOLS) etc. and posts under Central Staffing Scheme are maintained and vacancies are filled up by respective Cadre Controlling Authorities.

As far as the posts, where the Cadre Controlling Authority is this Ministry, a category-wise detail of sanctioned  and  vacant  posts  are  given  in  the  table  at Annexure .  Filling  up  of  vacancies  is  an ongoing and continuous process. The vacancies are filled up through promotion/ direct recruitment/ deputation/ departmental examination as prescribed in their recruitment rules and are reported to the Department of Personnel & Training (DoP&T) or Staff Selection Commission (SSC) etc. from time to time.

In  respect  of  vacancies  relating  to  Senior  Secretariat  Assistant  (SSA)  Zone  of  Consideration  for promotion  to  the  post  is  issued  by  DoP&T.  All  candidates  covered  under  Zone  of  Consideration issued by DoP&T have been promoted.

Vacant posts of Multi-Tasking Staff and Canteen Attendant have been reported to SSC.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE MAY BE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (E) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2492 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2021 ASKED BY SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'VACANT POSTS IN MINISTRY'

| Name of the                        | Group   | Level             | Sanctioned Posts   | Sanctioned Posts   | Sanctioned Posts   | Vacant Posts   | Vacant Posts   | Vacant Posts   |
|------------------------------------|---------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| post                               |         | (As Per 7 th CPC) | General            | ST                 | OBC                | General        | ST             | OBC            |
| Senior Secretariat Assistant (SSA) | C       | 4                 | 17                 | 01                 | -                  | 04             | 0              | -              |
| Multi-Tasking Staff                | C       | 1                 | 81                 | 14                 | 53                 | 56             | 04             | 39             |
| Canteen Attendant                  | C       | 1                 | 07                 | 01                 | 02                 | 05             | 01             | 02             |