Early Times Report
Jammu, May 3: Within days after constituting a Special Task Force (STF) to identify and scrutinize its own 'terror friendly' employees, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has started action against anti-national elements.
After dismissing a teacher from service on Saturday, Lieutenant Governor’s administration on Monday sacked a naib-Tehsildar, who was also involved in anti-India activities.
The government in an order issued here said that the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, after considering the facts and circumstances of the case, observed that on the basis of the information available, the activities of Nazir Ahmad Wani, Naib Tehsildar, Pulwama- II, are such as to warrant his dismissal from service.
The Lieutenant Governor is satisfied under sub-clause (c) of the proviso to clause (2) of Article 311 of the Constitution of India that in the interest of the security of the State, it is not expedient to hold an inquiry in the case of Nazir Ahmad Wani, Naib Tehsildar, Pulwama - II,” the order reads.
Accordingly, the Lieutenant Governor hereby dismisses Nazir Ahmad Wani from service with immediate effect. Earlier Idress Jan, a teacher in Government Middle School, Kralpora was dismissed from service under sub-clause (c) of the provision of clause (2) of Article 311 of the Constitution of India.
On April 21, the Jammu and Kashmir government had announced the formation of a Special Task Force (STF) to identify and scrutinize government employees with links to activities that pose threat to national security.
The SFT is headed by J&K's intelligence chief R.R. Swain, who served for a decade in the Research and Analysis Wing before returning to J&K. The panel has been assigned the job to compile records of such employees and refer the same to the committee already constituted in the month of July 2020 in this regard. The panel will also engage with other members of the Terror Monitoring Group (TMG) for identifying such other employees.
On July 30, 2020, the J&K Government had constituted a panel to scrutinize and recommend cases for dismissal of government employees of their services.
The panel is headed by Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam to take stock of all such cases that would be referred to it by the police and home departments. This panel has already identified nearly 1000 employees who have been involved in the anti-national activities overtly or covertly. These employees are involved in anti-India hatred campaigns on different social media networking sites. |
