17 posts of panchayat secys vacant! PANJIM, AUG 10
Village panchayat secretaries have important role to play in the functioning of the panchayat but many village panchayats do not have full-fledged secretaries. At some village panchayats, secretary is saddled with additional charge and hardly has any time to carry out his duties as secretary. Of 189 panchayats, 158 village panchayats have full-fledged secretaries, in 27 panchayats gram sevaks officiate as full time secretaries. And in four village panchayats, panchayat secretaries are holding additional charges. Currently, a seventeen posts of panchayat secretaries are vacant. When contacted Director of Panchayat Menino D'Souza told Herald on Monday that vacant posts would be filled soon -- posts have already been advertised. http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=25782&cid=26
