SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has sanctioned the grant of Non-Functional Selection Grade (NFSG) to 181 Junior Scale officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS), with effect from different dates ranging from April 2016 to January 2026.
The General Administration Department (GAD), through Government Order No. 1790-JK(GAD) of 2026, issued on November 13, sanctioned the Selection Grade in Pay Level 10A, carrying a pay scale of Rs 56,600–1,79,800, in favour of the officers belonging to different batches of the administrative service.
According to the order, the beneficiaries include officers from the 2011, 2012-II, 2013, 2015, 2018 and 2019 batches. The dates of grant of the grade have been specified individually against each officer.
Among the officers, Indra Thakur of the 2011 batch has been granted the Selection Grade with effect from April 29, 2016, while Ranjeet Singh and Delex Nambgyal, both from the 2012-II batch, have been granted the benefit from April 25, 2018.
Sushil Khajuria of the 2013 batch has been granted the grade with effect from January 1, 2019.
From the 2015 batch, Mohammad Iqbal Mir and Iftakhar Ahmed have been granted the benefit with effect from August 7, 2020, and January 1, 2021, respectively.
A total of 26 officers belonging to the 2018 batch have been granted the Selection Grade with effect from February 21, 2023.
These include Anjum Bashir Khan Khattak, Aliya Tabassum, Fareed Ahmad, Kashyp Neeha Pandita, Imtiyaz Amin Naik, Dhruv Gupta, Nirbhay Sharma, Pankaj Singh, Irtiza Jeelani, Mohammad Altaf Ganie, Samridhi Sharma, Afshan Hamal, Sobia Fatima, Varun Kumar Choudhary, Azhar Amin, Sajad Ahmad Bhat, Aamir Bashir Runyal, Ibrar Hussain, Muzzaffar Ahmad Malik, Mohd Toqeer, Ayaz Ahmad, Sheetal, Sadia Ahmed, Shivani Gotra, Shahbaz and Maqbool Ahmed.
The largest group comprises 149 officers of the 2019 batch, who have been granted the Selection Grade with effect from three different dates.
Of these, 68 officers have been granted the benefit from September 13, 2024, 57 from January 1, 2025, and 23 from January 1, 2026. The remaining officer, Mohd Aurif Wagay, has been granted the grade with effect from January 6, 2026.
