Shillong, Dec 19: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the condonation of age for overaged candidates under the Department of Textiles.
Since 2015, there has been no appointments or examinations in the department and there were many individuals (passed out trainees of the Sericulture & Handloom Sector) supported through a stipend by the government and after clearing different courses, the appointments of the candidates were due since they were asking for direct appointments which required detailed assessment and in the process, from 2015 no recruitment took place.
The cabinet decided to hold examinations and through this, the candidates who had gone to the institutes can apply and based on the selection process, appointments will be given. However against the 196 passed out trainees, there were 115 who are overaged and hence, as a one time measure considering the special circumstances, the cabinet has agreed to condone the age for the overaged candidates of the department
