Gujarat’s municipal corporations can now hire through GPSC

A circular from Gujarat’s Urban Development & Urban Housing Department (UDD) stated that municipal corporations in the state will now be able to execute recruitments through the Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC).

The move is aimed at addressing the long-standing issue of vacancies at the 17 municipal corporations that serve 48% of the state’s population.

Prior to this, corporations recruited at the local level based on their needs.

For direct recruitment through GPSC, the municipal corporations will have to submit a proposal to the commission with the approval of a general meeting/competent authority.

If the recruitment criteria by the municipal corporation for certain posts are consistent with GPSC criteria, recruitment will take place directly through GPSC, otherwise, a separate advertisement will be issued.

The corporation should send the proposal along with the requisition form, recruitment rules, and examination rules along with the signature of the municipal commissioner, according to General Administration Department (GAD)’s circular ‘Regarding updating the requisition form’.

The recruitment rules for Class-1 and Class-2 posts for the municipal corporations should be updated/revised immediately according to the GAD’s  “Guidelines on matters to be considered while framing recruitment rules” of 2019.

However, GPSC will only execute direct recruitment for the posts proposed by the concerned municipal corporation. The posts filled through GPSC would still belong to corporations, and will not be treated as state government posts.

All the costs incurred for the recruitment will be borne by the concerned municipal corporations, not the state government, stated the circular.

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