Outsourced employees replaced by benamis in Mancherial Municipal Corporation

Allegations have surfaced that the outsourcing system in the Mancherial Municipal Corporation has been misused by certain individuals and officials for monetary gain. With 513 outsourced employees working across sanitation, water supply, and electricity departments, reports claim some workers transferred jobs to benamis after collecting large sums.

Mancherial: The system of recruiting employees on an outsourcing basis for various wings of the Mancherial municipal corporation has allegedly turned into a money-making avenue for certain individuals and officials.

According to officials, 513 outsourced employees are working in sanitation, water supply, electricity and other departments of the civic body. Agencies were appointed by the government across the State to outsource staff to urban local bodies with the aim of reducing costs. Officials clarified that the corporation had no direct role in the recruitment of outsourced personnel.

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However, it is alleged that some outsourced employees transferred their jobs to others, acting as benamis, after collecting amounts ranging between Rs 3 lakh and Rs 5 lakh per placement. The irregularities reportedly came to light when attempts were made to include the names of benamis after the State government recently sought a list of employees from civic officials.

“The employees have been extracting bribes to appoint aspirants and even kin of deceased workers for quite a long time. They are now demanding additional amounts to include the names of benamis after the government sought the employee list. The outsourcing system is fetching huge income for some persons,” a victim alleged.

It is learnt that certain officials in the sanitation wing, along with organisers of the outsourcing agency, were fleecing unemployed persons by entering their names in place of outsourced workers. Such impersonation violates norms and causes injustice to eligible local jobseekers, residents said, urging the authorities to act against the wrongdoers.

Mancherial Municipal Corporation Commissioner Sampath Kumar said an inquiry would be conducted into the allegations and action would be taken against those found guilty. He said the issue had not been brought to his notice earlier and asserted that impersonating employees would be removed if detected. He also advised the public not to fall prey to false claims or be lured by anyone.