SRINAGAR: In a significant development, the administration of Jammu and Kashmir has directed concerned departments to immediately settle pending compassionate appointment cases, wherein no relaxation in age or educational qualification is required and posts are available.
All the administrative secretaries have been instructed to settle the pending compassionate appointments cases under SRO-43. “All administrative departments are advised to immediately settle the pending compassionate cases under SRO-43/1994, falling within the competence of administrative department/head of department, wherein no relaxation in age/qualification is involved and the posts are available within the departments, at their own level, after doing diligence and after all fulfillment of all codal formalities, as required under SRO-43/ 1994/ relevant provisions of law,” reads an office memorandum of the General Administration Department(GAD) .
The GAD has further advised the departments that those SRO-43 cases which lie within the competence of the administrative department/head of department, shouldn’t be referred to it.
Under SRO 43, the kin of those killed in militancy or border shelling-firing related acts and the Government employees who died during services, were eligible for jobs in the government departments. It was replaced by a new compassionate appointment policy, which came into effect from January 1, 2023—(KNO)
