SRINAGAR: The government directed the Administrative Secretaries to ensure availability of staff for smooth functioning of Civil Secretariat Srinagar and Jammu with effect from May 1.
“The Civil Secretariat shall continue to remain functional at both places and the Administrative Secretaries shall ensure arrangements for smooth functioning of offices at both places viz; Srinagar and Jammu,” reads a government order.
The Administrative Secretaries, it said, shall ensure their availability at Civil Secretariat, Srinagar w.e.f. 1st May, 2024. However, they will attend the Civil Secretariat, Jammu, as per the functional requirement.
The arrangements with regard to availability of staff of Administrative Departments of Civil Secretariat shall be determined by the respective Departments, ensuring smooth conduct of official business at both places, with bare minimum shifting of staff, it said.
The Estates Department, upon requisition by the concerned Administrative Departments shall provide accommodation to the officers/officials, as per requirement, only where necessary, it added.
The 148-year-old Darbar Move involving shifting the capital between Srinagar and Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir was abolished in June 2021.(GNS)
