Delhi LG directs education department to regularise jobs, not retain employees on ad-hoc basis

NEW DELHI: Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena on Wednesday directed the city government's education department to regularise jobs and not retain employees on an ad-hoc basis, his office said. Saxena has approved a proposal to extend the ad-hoc appointment of Tokyo Paralympic Games medallist Sharad Kumar and Ravi Kumar Dahiya -- a sliver medallist in wrestling in the Tokyo Olympic Games -- to the post of Assistant Director Education (PE&NI) and Assistant Director Education (Sports), respectively, it said.

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The statement said Saxena directed the education department to make efforts and ensure the regularisation of teachers' appointments in concurrence with the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). "The L-G, in a relief to Sharad Kumar and Ravi Kumar (Dahiya), has approved the extension of their ad-hoc appointments, with a rider that their jobs should be regularised in concurrence with the UPSC at the earliest," the statement said.