SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has promoted 96 technicians and draftsmen to the post of Junior Engineer (Electrical) in the Power Development Department (PDD), against available vacancies, with immediate effect.
The promotions comprise 13 degree holders and 83 diploma holders and have been approved through Government Order No. 219-JK(PDD) of 2026, dated October 27, issued by the Power Development Department.
The order, issued on the recommendation of the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC), provides for the placement of the promoted officials in Pay Level-6, with a pay scale of Rs 35,400 to Rs 1,12,400.
Among the degree holders promoted are Chander Vijay Singh, Verinder Kumar, Shaber Ahmad Lone, Mohd Hussain Dada, Nisar Ahmad Ganai, Mukhtar Ahmad Ganie, Pawan Kumar, Paras Kapoor, Davinder Kour Bali, Sumesh Sharma, Akhil Gupta, Gurpreet Singh and Rahul Koushal.
The list of 83 diploma holders includes Latief Ahmed Mir, Shahzad Ahmed, Varinder Kumar, Pankaj Sharma, Jatinder Singh, Narinder Singh, Sukhwant Singh, Gurdip Singh, Amarjeet Singh, Rajinder Kumar, Jarnail Singh, Hardarshan Singh, Ajay Gupta, Kuldeep Jandial, Mir Niyaz, Feiroz Ahmad Khan, Farooq Ahmad Wani, Hilal Ahmad Lessu, Asif Masood, Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Ajaz Ahmad, Fayaz Ahmad Mir, Nisar Ahmad Khan, Gulzar Ahmad Hurrah, Masrat Jan, Ghulam Hassan Shiek, Syed Zamir Ul Masaud, Posha Banoo and Mahjabeena Andrabi.
The remaining officials in the diploma category are Sandesh Kumar Bhat, Riaz Mohmmad Allai, Arshed Ahmad Sheikh, Gh. Ali Jan, Jagjeet Singh Raina, Manzoor Ahmad Saboon, Mohammad Shafi Katoo, Firdous Ahmed, Riaz Ahmed, Rajinder Singh, Amardeep Singh, Raman Abhay Sharma, Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Sukhdeep Singh, Mohd Ibrahim Shah, Mehraj ud Din Dar, Pervaz Ahmed Khan, Niyaz Ahmad Dar, Shashi Pal Singh, Zahoor Ahmad Bhat, Hakim Muneer Ahmad, Faiz Ahmad, Fayaz Ahmad Yatoo, Farooq Ahmed Ganayi, Shiekh Mohmood Rayaz, Fayaz Ahmad, Mustafa Bashir Gundroo, Altaf Hussain Ahanger, Sofi Mohammad Hanif, Shamshir Ahmed, G.M. Sadiq Wani, Arun Kumar, Miss Princy Koul, Shabeer Ahmad Ganaie, Faiz Ahmad Batt, Naseer Ahmad Bhat, Shishu Jamwal, Rohit Abrol, Baskar Verma, Mushtaq Ahmad Daga, Bilal Ahmad Reshi, Gagan Singh, Rahul Gupta, Mustaq Hussain, Ranjeet Kumar, Mohd Shakeel, Zulfiqar Ahmed, Neeraj Kumar, Aijaz Ahmad Zarger, Zubair Ahmad Thoker, Taufeeq Ahmad Bhat, Shubam Sharma, Mudasir Mohmood Khan and Prince Bhalla.
The order makes the promotions subject to verification of the officials’ educational qualifications and other prescribed requirements. The concerned managing directors and heads of departments have been directed to ensure that the promoted officials possess the requisite degree or diploma in Electrical or Electronics Engineering obtained through the prescribed mode from a recognised university or an AICTE-approved polytechnic institution, or the specified AMIE qualification.
The authorities must also verify whether officials who acquired the required qualifications while in service had obtained permission from the competent authority.
The government order states that any promotion found to have been secured on the basis of forged, fraudulent or fake certificates, documents or information, or in violation of the prescribed recruitment rules, will be cancelled retrospectively without further notice. Legal and disciplinary proceedings will also be initiated against the officials concerned under the applicable law.
The drawing and disbursing officers have been instructed to release salaries in the revised pay level only after receiving satisfactory verification reports through the prescribed channel.
The inter-se seniority of the promoted officials will be determined separately under the relevant rules and norms, read with Rule 24 of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1956.
The promotions will also remain subject to the outcome of any writ petitions pending before competent courts and any other relevant orders, information or documents that may not have been brought to the department’s notice.
The managing directors and heads of departments of the corporations and organisations where the promoted officials are currently working have been directed to adjust them against available vacancies of Junior Engineers (Electrical) immediately.
