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| Terror friendly employees in dock | | | | For the first time in the past three decades in J&K, terror friendly government employees are in a dock. The government has started acting against them and to begin with it has terminated the services of 11 employees, including two sons of Hizbul chief Syed Salhauddin. Prior to J&K’s transition into a union territory, a few government employees with militant leanings used to support the so-called Kashmir movement openly. After 2016 unrest in Kashmir the security agencies had forwarded a complete list of the employees involved in anti-national activities to the government. The list included the names of employees who had taken part in anti-national protests and were a part of a stone-pelting mob. Another list of the government employees, who used to carry out anti-national propaganda through social media was also prepared by the security agencies. Until the political dispensations remained in power not many employees were terminated. Even if someone was dismissed from the service, he used to take legal recourse and get reinstated. However, after J&K’s transition into the union territory, the government amended Article 226 (2) of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Service Regulations for a provision to retire at any time any government servant in the public interest after he has completed 22 years of service or attained 48 years of age. The rules were amended to ensure that the terminated employees don’t get their jobs back. The process to act against the terror-friendly employees of J&K Government had commenced on July 30, 2020 when the UT Government amended the service rules and dispensed with the requirement of an enquiry for dismissal of the employees emerging as a threat to the security of the State. For the first time, the government devised a mechanism to terminate the ‘anti-national employees’ without facing judicial scrutiny. During the past one and a half year rules have been made stringent. The government employees who used to think that they are above the law have been made accountable. The message is clear that they have to choose between separatism and nationalism. They cannot sail in two boats. The termination of eleven government employees is just a beginning the list could be longer and in coming days many more can face the music for siding with the separatists and allowing the adversary to keep the pot boiling in Jammu and Kashmir. |
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