The agitation was held after the recent announcement by the chief minister that recruitments for various departments done little before the March polls and some in violation of the model code would be scrapped and the process will start afresh.
The employment was created in the government departments, the Directorate of Health Services, Department of Mines and Geology, Electricity Department and Directorate of Education by the erstwhile Digambar Kamat government.
Several vacancies were kept on hold by the Election Commission of India (ECI) as the offer letters were issued after the poll code came into effect for the assembly elections.
The BJP-led government of Manohar Parrikar that came to power defeating the Kamat government, however, continued the embargo on the vacancies.
The protesters claimed that they had gone to meet the chief minister in the morning with prior appointment.
"However, when a delegation went to meet him (Parrikar), he refused to assure that everyone would be absorbed in the jobs", one of the delegates Sachin Gaonkar told reporters.
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The chief minister apparently told the members of the delegation that those candidates, who received their appointment letters through registered posts before the code of conduct became applicable, would only be considered for recruitment, and those who received the letters by a mode of hand delivery would be rejected.
As the ruckus outside his residence continued, Parrikar personally came out to meet the agitators, but could not convince them due to the chaotic situation.
The agitators have decided to hold a sit-in protest tomorrow at the same venue to push for their demands.
The issue of large scale corruption in allotment of government jobs was made one of the rallying points during the pre-poll campaign by BJP.