The anti-monopoly watchdog, the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission, which will be dissolved once the Competition Commission of India starts functioning, is facing staff shortage at all levels. And no steps are
being taken to fill the posts.
Officials say the government is not keen to fill the vacancies as the body will be replaced by the CCI. However, even after CCI is notified, the MRTPC will function for two more years to clear the cases it is hanling at present. The MRTPC is still taking fresh cases.
"It is a fact that the positions have not been filled till now because the CCI was being structured. But we are short of hands," said an MRTPC official.
For instance, there are six vacancies in the legal department, including joint director and deputy director's positions. There's no one in the MRTPC to do legal investigation, says the official.
In addition, the MRTPC chairman will demit office in March next year while the two members will retire later. The government hasn't started the process to fill these three posts.
A corporate affairs ministry official, however, said there was still time and the process would be started a couple of months before the incumbents were due to leave their offices.
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