LSGI Secretary rank holders allege delay in reporting vacancies to PSC

A collective of job aspirants has alleged moves to disrupt direct recruitment for Secretary posts in local self-government institutions. According to the LSGI rank holders association, no fresh vacancy has been reported to the Public Service Commission (PSC) in the last eight months although vacancies for the Secretary posts are available in the department.

The post of secretary in the Local Self-Government department is one of the few PSC examinations that offers direct recruitment to a gazetted post. The LSGI Secretary recruitment exam is now being conducted by merging the previous PSC examinations such as Panchayat Secretary, BDO and Municipal Secretary.

The PSC LSGI Secretary notification was issued in 2023, and the rank list, which came into effect on July 31, 2025, was the first in 14 years. As many as 213 appointment recommendations were made in the first six months after the rank list was published. However, no vacancies have been reported in the last seven months.

The job aspirants allege that officials at the Pricipal Directorate are eliminating the vacancies by filling these with people who are transferred from other institutions. The officials who became secretaries through transfer from Secretariat or other departments used to be considered as a special cadre. But, they are now trying to include them in the direct cadre, the rank holders allege. The rank holders are preparing to hold protests citing a lack of response from the authorities to their demands.