HITO asks govt to consider increasing upper age limit for job aspirants

HITO seeks clarification over govt's delay to release scholarship

Shillong, Jul 12: The Hynñiewtrep Integrated Territorial Organization (HITO) has petitioned Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma urging him to consider increasing the upper age limit for aspiring career applicants.

“With extreme shortage of government jobs even through various competitive exams already a challenge for aspiring and able career seeking youths of the State, another problem that is taking seed steadily is the age limit lapse obstacle due to academics, career exams etc. being delayed or postponed on account of the ongoing pandemic,” HITO president Donbok Dkhar said.

According to Dkhar with job opportunities even in the unorganized sector leave aside private, corporate or government, now a scarce commodity, Meghalaya’s bright, dynamic and rearing to go youths need to see their government respond to them positively.

“In this era of utter need, we urge you to at least point them towards the light at the end of the tunnel so as to keep the fire burning in them,” the HITO president stated.

The HITO pointed out that way back on September 14, 2014 the government of Karnataka reasonably increased the upper age limit of candidates appearing for gazetted probationers of the Karnataka Administrative Service examination by two years thus giving them two more attempts at their goal.

The organization pointed out that presently in Karnataka the upper age limit is 37 years for general candidates, 40 years for OBCs and 42 years SCs/STs from the previous 35, 38 and 40 years limit respectively.