BHUBANESWAR | Nov 04, 2015: The Odisha Geological Service Association has urged the State Government to restructure the service cadres of officers of the Directorate of Geology in the Steel and Mines department.
The Association, in its 25th annual general body meeting here on Sunday, expressed concern over lack of promotional avenue for geologists, petrologists and geophysicists of the Directorate. While entry level posts of many services of the State Government have already been upgraded to Class-I, these qualified employees of the Directorate of Geology have been stagnating in the same position for more than 25 years, Association general secretary Prabal Kumar Chand rued.
A large number of vacancies in the Directorate has also jeopardised the mineral exploration programmes of the Government, Chand said.
Minister of State for Steel and Mines Prafulla Kumar Mallik assured the meeting that the demands of the Association will be looked into.
New office-bearers of the association for 2015-16 were elected in the meeting. Anup Kumar Raut and Shubhransu Mishra were elected as president and general secretary, respectively. Bikash Chandra Sahoo was elected as vice-president and Dharmendra Sharma was re-elected as secretary, technical. Manoranjan Behera and Md Qaiser Jamal Khan were elected as joint secretaries.
(Source: http://www.newindianexpress.com/)