Pema Khandu assures to cancel out-of-turn promotion of engineers

Admitting that out-of-turn promotions on officiating or ad hoc basis in most of the state government departments have been in practice, Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu assured that all such promotions would be cancelled.

Speaking at the valedictory function of a two-day ‘refresher training programme’ for the engineers of all works departments of the state at the DK Convention Hall here on Thursday, Khandu said that “promotion should be strictly on basis of seniority and as per norms.”

He informed that the chief secretary has been directed to compile a list of all such promotions in all government departments, including the engineering departments, and place it before the cabinet.

“Till date the lists of 31 departments have been compiled and rest are in progress,” he said.Terming engineers the “architects of future Arunachal Pradesh,” Khandu said that they are the ones who execute projects worth 60 percent of the state budget.