 Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, JULY 28: Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, administered the oath to Abdul Latief Deva as Chairman of J&K Public Service Commission (PSC) at the Civil Secretariat, here today.
Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. Nirmal Singh, Chief Secretary, Iqbal Khandey, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, B. B. Vyas and Secretary, GAD, Gazzanfar Hussain, were present at a low-key affair, in view of the sad demise of former President of India and Bharat Ratna, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, yesterday.
After the oath-taking function, the Chief Minister expressed hope and optimism that the newly-constituted PSC will fast-track process of recruitment so that vacancies which have piled up are filled in a time-bound manner, thus bringing succour to the aspiring candidates.
After taking over reins of power, the present Government had initiated process for filling up vacancies in J&K PSC, which had become defunct last year. When SL Bhat retired as Chairman of the Constitutional body in September 2014, the process of recruitment had come to a grinding halt with over 2800 posts remaining unfilled by getting stuck at various levels in the Commission. |
