Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 6: While the Jammu and Kashmir administration has withdrawn all the vacancies it had referred to J&K Public Service Commission and (JKPSC) J&K Service Selection Board (JKSSB) for recruitment before October 31, 2019,the decision has cost the aspirants crores of rupees that were submitted as the fee for the exams.
A circular issued by Under Secretary Shakeeb Arsallan recently asked all concerned to implement the decision taken by the UT’s Administrative Council on January 29. For around 1,200 posts that were advertised during the said timeframe, thousands of job aspirants of Jammu and Kashmir had applied for the posts.
A senior official told Early Times on the condition of anonymity that the total fee submitted by the unemployed could be running into crores.
“Instead of proving jobs as were promised the administration literally duped the unemployed of the money worth crores which was collected as fee,” said the official.
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The circular on withdrawal of vacancies has been sent to all administrative secretaries, besides JKPSC, JKSSB and Principal Secretary to UT’s Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha.
“All posts referred to JKPCSC/JKSSB prior to October 31, 2019, for which selections have not been finalized till date, as also posts in which there are litigations and the cases are pending in Hon’ble Courts, shall be deemed to have been withdrawn with immediate effect,” the circular read.
The said circular gave no reason for the decision.
Before October 31, 2019, the erstwhile state government had reportedly referred nearly 450-500 vacancies in different departments to JKPSC, and nearly 700 vacancies to JKSSB. The selection process for many of them, sources said, was at the final stages when the order was issued. | 