SHILLONG: East Khasi Hills Deputy Commissioner Sanjay Goyal on Friday said that the decision to extend the validity of the merit list of the qualified candidates for post of Gram Sevika (2012) will have to be taken by the Government.
Goyal’s statement comes in the wake of the ten-day deadline served by the Association of Qualified Candidates for post of Gram Sevika – 2012 to the State Government to extend the validity of the merit list.
According to Goyal, the District Selection Committee (DSC) has conveyed to the Personnel department that the validity of the merit list has lapsed.
“The validity of the merit list had expired on August 21, 2013,” Goyal said adding that the merit list is normally extended when there are vacancies.
“At the time of the expiry of the validity list, there were no vacancies. The vacancies only came up recently. It is now up to the State Government to decide on the extension of the merit list,” Goyal, who is also the chairman of the DSC, said.
