340 vacant posts in revenue dept

Thiruvananthapuram: The revenue department has prepared a list of 340 vacancies in its various offices that will be reported to the public service commission (PSC) for making appointments from its rank lists.
This includes nine vacancies of tahsildars, 168 vacancies of deputy tahsildars, 71 vacancies of village officers, head clerk and revenue inspectors and 92 vacancies of senior clerks. These vacancies will be temporarily downgraded to entry-cadre posts, and appointments will be made from existing rank-lists. When necessity arises, these will be filled through promotions, the land revenue commissioner has informed the government.
In the wake of the land revenue commissioner’s recommendations, the government had asked all collectors to send a detailed list of vacancies. The maximum number of vacancies was reported from Ernakulam (42) and the least from Wayanad (12). The vacancies in other districts are as follows Thiruvananthapuram (25), Kollam (19), Pathanamthitta (20), Alappuzha (32), Kottayam (32), Idukki (27), Thrissur (18), Palakkad (23), Kozhikode (14), Malappuram (36), Kannur (21) and Kasaragod (19).
On the basis of the list, the government has asked the land revenue commissioner to report these vacancies to PSC but keeping June 30, 2021 as the day on which the vacancies have arisen.
At the previous cabinet, CM Pinarayi Vijayan had instructed all ministers to assess vacancies in their respective departments and report them to PSC at the earliest as 500 PSC rank lists are set to expire on August 4. Orders are in force on the basis of which there are provisions to de-cadre the promotion posts, the appointments to which are pending because of court cases, seniority disputes etc.
The chief minister had warned that stringent action will be taken against those who show lapses in reporting vacancies whenever they arise.