I. There were vacancies in the cadre of medical officers in the ESI Corporation and a proposal was mooted to recruit them. A political heavyweight who came to know about it, pressured the Head of the Department to select people as per his choice. He wanted the selection process to have only the mode, i.e., interview, to facilitate his nefarious designs. But, the pressure was resisted, very courageously, by the Head of the Department. Yet, the politician won the day and the Head of the Department was shifted out abruptly and prematurely. Same pressure was brought on the next incumbent also. But, he also resisted the pressure, admirably, and did not agree to dispense with the Written Test. Interview was only for those who came through the Written Test, he said. Now, it was the turn of the politician to lose. Advertisement was issued, applications were processed and written tests were held in a transparent manner and the evaluation was a computerized one. But, that was not the end of the story. 
II. The process of interview was the next part of selection. It was, now, attempted to be hijacked by the political leader. An elaborate net was woven in the political circles to hijack the interview process. Action was taken to frame even a new Recruitment Regulations for that purpose, i.e., to hijack the interview board. But, the Head of the Department was so clever that he just kept watching the game (played by the people within and outside the ESIC) and very simply and effectively checkmated the game ultimately. The end result was least interference in the recruitment process. Besides, the ESIC came to have a Recruitment Regulation which had not been used at all. The incident proved that clever and honest bureaucrats could always stop the corrupt politicians.
Organised mischief by the interview board
III. There was an advertisement inviting applications for the post of para-medical personnel in Group-D in a hospital. More than 7000 applications were received. Appointment was to be made on the basis of the performance of the candidates in the interview. That was the only mode of selection. Continue reading
Flourishing ESIC 