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Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 14: Leadership of both the National Conference and the Congress is worried over the sudden rise in what is called "transfer industry" in Jammu and Kashmir. Informed sources said that even though the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, too felt unhappy with frequent and major transfer in various departments he has not been able to initiate measures for rectifying the wrong.
Senior functionaries in the Pradesh Congress committee too are unhappy with the style of the functioning of sever al ministers and senior bureaucrats. Reports have reached the Chief Minister and the PCC Chief, Saif-ud-Din Soz, which have revealed that the "transfer industry" has generated corrupt practices. Some of the officials, who were transferred to difficult stations, are said to have conveyed to the PCC Chief and the Chief Minister that they were penalised when they refused to pay heavy bribes to higher authorities and to the ministers.
These reports said that Omar Abdullah had expressed his anger over the way large scale transfers of officials, including scores of engineers, had been ordered in the Departments of Power, Irrigation, Flood control, PHE, PWD and R&B. In these transfers most of the officials who had not completed even two years were shifted to other places. But Omar Abdullah is said to have opted for the role of a passive spectator in the interest of smooth functioning of the coalition Government.
On the other hand leaders of various organisations of the Kashmiri displaced people expressed concern over the way Pandit employees, especially engineers, were being posted in r emote and difficult areas of the Kashmir valley. They said even those who were not sent to Kashmir were being posted at Poonch, Rajouri and Doda districts. They said that the anti-Pandit bias was quite apparent because during the last five years most of the Pandit lecturers, who were promoted to the principals ranks, were posted to colleges situated in the farflung areas of Doda, Kishtwar and in some parts of the valley. Senior leader of All State Kashmiri Pandit Conference, H L Chatha said that some of the Pandit women teachers. who are elevation to the principal's post were sent to farflung areas of Kishtwar, Doda, Udhampur, Poonch and Rajouri, had to forego their promotion as it was not possible for them to walk miles together to reach the colleges.
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