The news that a conman successfully duped many job aspirants of five million rupees in lieu of the promises of a government job has left everyone in the valley in shock. The fact that the offender who operated out of north Kashmir’s Pattan is a habitual offender and a history sheeter has further angered everyone in the valley. The prompt action triggered by the administration has brought in a sigh of relief over the matter.
Government jobs are considered to be the most stable source of income. Your right as an employee is guaranteed by the law of the land, health insurance coverage to the family, a hefty severance package at the time of willingly leaving your job, six hours working schedule, hardly any overtime, the work-life balance – all these are the contributing factors why everyone wants a government job. Government jobs all around the world are considered to be the most secure of all. These lucrative benefits are very rare in private sector jobs where one has to put in more working hours and this is exactly what makes people go to any extent to fetch one for themselves or for their siblings or their children.
However, the current government dispensation led by the able leadership of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has waged a war against corruption and nepotism. Just a few weeks ago we published the news of the designation of some of the senior-most officers who were put behind bars for committing acts of corruption. The list includes the deputy superintendent of police, the senior superintendent of police, and many other senior bureaucrats. The government of the day has made it amply clear that any act of corruption or nepotism will incur a jail term irrespective of how important or senior post you hold in the government machinery– as simple and plain as that. The days when we could grease the hands of a bureaucrat and ask some influential person in the bureaucracy to fetch a government job for your children or siblings are over.
The only way one can get a government job is to fill up the job form in case you meet the requisite criteria, sit in the screening examination, and then subsequently appear for the interview. In case you are found good enough for the job you will be hired. There is absolutely no other way.
The days of corruption and nepotism are over. People must not waste their hard-earned money by giving it to thugs like the one arrested recently. There is no way anyone can fetch you a government job by sitting in an examination and meeting the requisite criteria. Those days are over.
