SRINAGAR: The Jammu Kashmir Government has issued the final seniority list of eight Assistant Regional Transport Officers (ARTOs) of the J&K Transport (Gazetted) Service, fixing their seniority position as it stood on September 1, 2026.
The Transport Department notified the list through Government Order No. 58-JK(TR) of 2026, dated November 3, 2026, after examining representations received from officers seeking corrections to their names and dates of birth in the tentative seniority list.
According to the order, no officer had raised an objection to the seniority position assigned in the tentative list. However, representations seeking rectification of names and dates of birth were received from various officers.
The department said these representations were examined against the relevant records and found to be justified, following which the necessary corrections were incorporated into the final list.
The seniority list places Pirzada Shakoor Allamaq at the top, with his appointment in the relevant pay scale recorded as August 12, 2009.
Wajahat Qayoom, Pawan Kumar, Arif Parvez Shah, Rajesh Gupta and Sheikh Manzoor Ahmad occupy the second to sixth positions, respectively, with their appointments in the pay scale recorded as March 28, 2015.
Neeraj Sharma and Kuldeep Singh have been placed at the seventh and eighth positions, respectively, with their appointments recorded as January 2, 2018.
The list also records the dates of birth and appointment details of all eight officers. The department, however, clarified that the dates of birth mentioned in the seniority list would remain subject to further verification against the respective service books, matriculation certificates or other date-of-birth certificates.
The government order states that the final seniority list will also remain subject to the outcome of any writ petitions pending before competent courts.
The tentative seniority list had earlier been notified through Government Order No. 81-JK(TR) of 2026, dated September 24, 2026, inviting objections and representations from concerned officers within 15 days.
