SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has placed three In-charge Assistant Engineers (Civil) appointed under the Prime Minister’s Package as In-charge Assistant Executive Engineers (Civil) with immediate effect, according to an official order issued by the Public Works (R and B) Department.
As per Government Order No. 197-PW(R and B) of 2026 dated June 8, the beneficiaries of the placement are Er Tahir Qayoom, Er Satish Kumar Pandita and Er Ajay Bhat. The decision has been taken in continuation of Government Order No. 187-PW(R and B) of 2026 issued on June 3.
The order states that the engineers have been placed as In-charge Assistant Executive Engineers in their own pay and grade and will continue to serve at their present places of posting until further orders.
To facilitate the placements, the government has sanctioned the creation of three supernumerary posts of Assistant Executive Engineer in Pay Level-10A (Rs 56,600–1,79,800) in the personal capacity of the officers concerned. The corresponding supernumerary posts of Assistant Engineer held by them will be abolished upon their regularisation, subject to recommendations of the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) and the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC).
The placements have been made under provisions of Government Order No. 34-JK(DMRRR) of 2022 issued by the Department of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, read with a Finance Department memorandum dated June 28, 2022.
The government clarified that the arrangement is purely temporary and interim in nature and will not confer any preferential right to substantive promotion, regularisation or confirmation, which shall be governed strictly by the applicable recruitment rules and eligibility criteria.
The order further stated that the placements will remain subject to the outcome of any pending court cases and may be reversed without prior notice in the event of any adverse report from a competent agency or if a superior claim from any eligible left-out engineer is subsequently established.
