New Delhi: All central government ministries and their Public
Sector Undertakings (PSUs) were today told to dispense with the requirement of
interviews for selections at junior level posts within next two days, however,
they may continue with skill or physical test.
The timeliness set regarding completing the process of the
discontinuation of interview by December 31, 2015 has to be adhered to
strictly, a communique sent by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to
secretaries of all central government ministries said.
From January 1, 2016, there will be no recruitment with
interview at the junior level posts in government of India ministries,
departments, attached and subordinate offices, autonomous bodies and PSUs.
“All the advertisement for future vacancies will be without the
interview as part of the recruitment process,” said today’s Office Memorandum No.39020/01/2013-Estt (B)-Part.
The decision to discontinue interview for recruitments is for
all Group C and non-gazetted posts of Group ‘B’ category and all such
equivalent posts, the DoPT said.
“It is also clarified that as skill test or physical test is
different from interview, they may continue. However, these tests will only be
of qualifying nature. Assessment will not be done on the basis of marks for
such tests,” it said.
In case of specific posts where the ministry or department wants
to continue undertaking interview as a process of recruitment, a detailed
proposal seeking exemption will have to be sent to the DoPT with the approval
of the minister or minister-in-charge.
The ministries have been asked to send a consolidated report to
the DoPT by January, 7 in this regard.
“Report so to be furnished with the approval of the minister or
minister-in-charge shall include the details of the name and number of posts
where the interview is discontinued and posts for which the exemption has been
sought within the purview of the administrative ministries or departments,” the
order said.
Similarly, the Department of Public enterprises has also asked
all ministries to advise PSUs under their administrative control to adopt a
revised mechanism of recruitment for the non-executive level posts by
dispensing with the practice of interview.
PTI
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