Despite the very recent recruitment of 135 personnel, there is a shortage of 221 Assam Civil Service officials in the administration. Also, as the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) is yet to conduct even the preliminary examination for the appointment of ACS officers, there is no possibility of any new recruitment taking place in the cadre during the remaining part of 2021. The selection and recruitment processes almost take a year to complete.
Sources say that of the 1,100 sanctioned ACS posts; only 879 officials are in service as of date. The situation is likely to worsen in the upcoming days as on average five to six senior ACS officials will be retiring from service every month.
