Patna, Feb. 5 -- he Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Tuesday said it filled close to 7,000 posts in various departments, which had been lying vacant for years because of legal wrangles.
Appointment letters were given away to a total of 6,341 junior engineers, who will be posted in eight departments, at a function which was attended by the chief minister.
Besides, 496 instructors (anudeshak), to be posted in the Labour Department, got their letters of appointment at the same function.
The Department of Water Resources, currently held by senior JD(U) leader Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, was the nodal authority for recruitment of all JEs.
Chaudhary later briefed journalists on the development.
"Most of these posts had been advertised way back...