By Aires Rodrigues.
Every extension in service or contract appointment given beyond the retirement age is a cruel and grave injustice to the young unemployed. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar should as a matter of rule ensure that there is a total ban on any such extensions in service and contract appointments to the retired. It is a severe prejudice to those unemployed aspiring to join the government service and to young officers awaiting promotion.
No one is indispensable and steps should be taken well in advance to replace those retiring. There are however, those officers who just will not retire as they cannot live without government perks and freebies. All good things need to come to an end. And there is something known as “retired life” which many government officers unfortunately cannot come to terms with.
The great American writer Robert Heinlein had said “Age is not an accomplishment, and youth is not a sin”. So Mr. Chief Minister let us give our Youth a chance. Your government could prove its bonafides on securing the interests of the youth by canceling all extensions and contract appointments given to the retired. The power, diversity, and potential of our youth could energize the bureaucracy into a vibrant engine to tow Goa out of the woods. Is Mr. Manohar Parrikar listening?
