SRINAGAR: The Administrative Council (AC) chaired by LG Manoj Sinha on Monday approved the reconsideration of its previous decision dated 07-09-2023, reinstating provisions for establishing wait lists in public service recruitments.
Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor; Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; and Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor, attended the meeting, a DIPR statement said.
The AC decided to withdraw the amendments made to the JK Civil Services Decentralization and Recruitment Rules, 2010, earlier in terms of S.O 496 of 2023, JK Appointment of Class-IV (Special Recruitment) Rules, 2020, vide S.O 497 of 2023, JK Combined Competitive Examination Rules, 2018, vide S.O 498 of 2023, and also in the Business Regulations of JKPSC/JKSSB, and other rules/regulations in any other department/service ab-initio.
It was also decided to grant a one-time exemption to recruiting agencies to draw up wait lists within six months for those select lists which have been issued since the earlier decision. However, this shall be subject to the condition that such wait list(s) are drawn within the validity period of the select list and resultant vacancies on account of non-joining of selected candidates have not been re-advertised.
The decision shall help in the timely filling up of vacancies, with additional benefits such as avoidance of delays in re-referral of vacancies, reduction of time consumed in subsequent selections, and allow candidates to secure employment before the attainment of the upper age limit.
