Produce loan clearance certificate to get govt job in Sikkim

Gangtok, Feb 6: Sikkim government has issued a directive that all persons seeking employment in various posts in state government service need to produce a loan clearance certificate from the state-run financial institutions.

The Department of Personnel has issued the directive that for the purpose of all fresh appointments in any posts in the government service it will be mandatory to produce loan clearance certificates from the State Bank of Sikkim (SBC), Sikkim Industrial Development and Investment Corporation Limited (SIDICO) and Sikkim Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes Financial Development Corporation (SABBCO), an official release said today.

The directive says that for those seeking fresh appointment with the state government and who have not taken any loans from the SBS, SABBCO or SIDICO, they will have to produce no objection certificates or similar documents stating that they do not have any loans in their name, the release said.

A few weeks back the Department of Personnel had issued a directive linked to promotions wherein employees under the state government were directed to produce clearances of utility bills and taxes at the time of their promotion.

Along with the Annual Confidential Report (ACR) and the Annual Property Returns (APR) and other entitlements employees were directed to produce their utility bills including those of water supply, electricity bills and sewerage at the time of their promotion.

PTI