Jammu, Mar 15: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the cabinet sub-committee constituted to examine the complicated issue of reservations in recruitment has been given a 6-month timeline to complete their report.
“The Cabinet sub-committee constituted to examine the complicated issue of reservations in recruitment has been given a 6-month timeline to complete their report. This timeline was set by me after I met with a concerned group of job aspirants. This timeline, however, was not in the initial order setting up the sub-committee. That oversight will be corrected, but rest assured the committee is working to complete its task in the set timeframe,” Omar’s office tweeted.
Earlier, the Jammu and Kashmir government had said no specific timeline has been set up for the cabinet sub-committee constituted by it to examine reservation rules.
In a written response to the question of Peoples Conference MLA Sajad Gani Lone, the minister in-charge of social welfare, Sakina Itto, informed the House that no specific timeline has been fixed for submitting the report by CSC.
“The Cabinet Sub-Committee stands constituted vide Government order No. 2061- JKGAD of 2024, dated 10.12. 2024 to examine the grievances projected by a section of aspirants for various posts regarding reservation rules. However, no specific timeline has been fixed for submitting the report, “the minister said.
Lone had asked whether a 6-month timeline has been granted to the ministerial panel for submitting the report.
The minister informed the House that 5, 26,6605 certificates under schedule castes and schedule tribe categories have been issued in the Jammu region since April 01, 2023, while the number of such certificates issued in the Kashmir region during this period is 79813.
The government also revealed that 2198 villages in Jammu are benefitted under Actual Line of Control (ALC, International Border (IB) and Reserved Backward Area (RBA) in Jammu region while the number is 1245 in Kashmir.
The government also revealed that 29963 certificates under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) have been issued in J&K since April 01, 2023. Of these, 27420 have been issued in the Jammu region and a mere 2273 in the Kashmir region.