Hyderabad: The Telangana government expedited its recruitment process as the Assembly elections were fast approaching.
The TRS government was being accused by the opposition and student organisations of neglecting youth and not providing them jobs in the last 44 months.
The government was on an approval spree to fill directly thousands of vacancies in various departments through TS Public Service Commission (TSPSC).
The finance department issued the order to fill nearly 15,000 posts on Saturday alone. Of these, 14,177 vacancies were approved in the police department where nearly 13,000 vacancies were notified for constable posts and the rest for sub-inspectors. The other order issued pertained to filling of 650 teaching and non-teaching posts in social welfare residential educational institutions.
