Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar held a meet with officials of the personnel department on Tuesday and took stock of the vacancies, promotions and retirement-related issues in various government departments. According to a senior official in the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), the meeting was held at the chief minister’s residence and went on for over two hours.
Parrikar went through the records of how many vacancies were pending in different departments and also how many employees were awaiting promotions, the official said.
The officials concerned were then given instructions to take necessary steps to fill in the vacancies and award the due promotions, he added.
Making the first public appearance after returning to Goa on October 14 post hospitalisation in Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Parrikar had inspected two under-construction bridges on Mandovi and Zuari rivers in the state on Sunday.
The chief minister has been recuperating at his private residence near Panaji since October 14.