SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has sanctioned the extension of benefits under the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), also known as the Defined Pension Scheme, to 27 officers appointed against posts notified by the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission before December 24, 2009, but brought under the New Pension System due to their appointments taking place after January 1, 2010.
The Finance Department issued Government Order No. 331-F of 2026 on October 30, approving the switch from the New Pension System (NPS) to the Defined Pension Scheme for the officers listed in the order’s annexure.
The decision has been taken on the basis of options exercised by the eligible officers and in accordance with Government Order No. 305-F of 2026, dated September 28, 2026.
According to the order, the beneficiaries were selected against posts advertised by the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission before December 24, 2009, but were subsequently governed by the New Pension System introduced through SRO 400 dated December 24, 2009, because their appointments were made after January 1, 2010.
The list comprises 27 officers, including 18 Financial Advisers/Chief Accounts Officers (FA/CAOs) and nine Chief Accounts Officers (CAOs).
Those covered include Mahesh Sharma, Shadab Makhdoomi, Mohd. Ayoub Lone, Ela Chowdhary, Ishfaq Ahmad Pandith, Nadish Khursheed, Tahleela Assmat, Feroze Ahmad Mir, Dr Sareer Ahmad Mir, Bilal Ahmad Bilal, Sabreena Kadir, Afsha Mehraj Kak, Syed Mubashira Hussain, Arzoo Khan, Sonika Arora, Zafirah Bashir, Naseer Ahmad Lone and Mohd. Yassain.
The remaining nine beneficiaries are Mohd. Iqbal Pedhar, Arshid Ahmad Lone, Mohammad Iqbal, Jaswinder Pal Singh, Aaliya Iftikhar, Akhtar Ali, Mohd. Ashraf Iqbal, Showkat Ahmad Khan and Rafiq Ahmad Shah.
The officers were selected against Advertisement Notification No. PSC/EXM-09/46 dated December 30, 2008. Their appointments were subsequently made through Government Order No. 434-GAD of 2011, dated April 8, 2011, and Government Order No. 508-GAD of 2014, dated May 21, 2014.
