Pursuant to the Administrative Council Decision No. 1/1/2022, dated 29.01.2022, 311 Gazetted posts pertaining to the Higher Education Department have been returned by the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission vide communication No. PSC/DR/Posts/2019 dated 11.02.2022.
Subsequently, General Administration Department vide Government Order No 155-JK(GAD)of 2022 dated 11.02.2022, referred these withdrawn posts to the Committee already constituted vide Government Order No.131-JK(GAD) of 2022 dated 06.02.2022, to check/scrutinize the details of posts, designations, numbers, eligibility criteria and creation orders with the Recruitment Rules of the concerned Departments and to ensure that the posts for re-referral are under relevant categories viz 0M, RBA, SC/ST etc.
Accordingly, the undersigned is directed to request the Principal
Secretary’ to the Government, Higher Education Department to refer these 276 Gazetted posts (details annexed) forthwith to J&K Public Service Commission, through formal indent and furnish the compliance report to the General Administration Department by 02.04.2022.
Further, the Department is also advised that subject to the fulfillment of other conditions of eligibility, “one time age relaxation” shall be granted to the over-aged candidates, who had earlier applied for these posts and were within the age limit, as per the advertisement notification issued at that time, but has in the meantime crossed the upper age limit, if he/she applies for the said post(s) in pursuance to fresh notification and also need not to pay any fee afresh. The same shall also be incorporated in the indent of respective departments while rereferring these vacancies to the recruiting agencies.
Furthermore, the referral shall be made in terms of the Jammu and Kashmir Probationer (Condition of Service, Pay and Allowances) and Fixation of Tenure Rules, 2020 notified vide S.O. 192 of 2020 dated 17.06.2020 and other terms and conditions as made applicable to such referrals from time to time.
Besides, while referring the posts to the recruting agency, the department shall maintain the roster points as per S.0 127 of 2020 and also maintain fresh reservation roster register for reference and referral of vacancies in future.
