SRINAGAR: The Waqf Board on Friday ordered the re-designation of the posts of 323 employees who have failed to submit a genuine 10th pass academic qualification certificate to date.
According to an order issued by Executive Magistrate Tehsildar, Ishtiyaq Mohi-ud-din, of the J&K Waqf Board, the board has recruited and engaged several categories of employees over the years without prescribing well-defined criteria.
“The employees have been randomly given designations such as Chowkidars, Sweepers, Peons, Orderlies, Tehsildars, Bus Conductors, Malies, etc., and their services have only been utilized based on their designations,” reads the order.
The order states that no fresh recruitments have been made since the constitution of the J&K Waqf Board in 2022, and a comprehensive exercise for the rationalization of postings is underway to properly utilize Waqf resources.
“Simultaneously, a large-scale exercise for mass transfers of employees after decades of the Stay Period is also being carried out. The verification of Educational Qualification Certificates of all employees has been conducted by this office through the respective Recognized Issuing Authorities, and a number of certificates have proved not to be genuine, and necessary action has been initiated in this regard,” it reads.
It further adds that as a result, there is a severe deficiency of staff at the lower levels in the Board, and certain important categories of employees, such as Sweepers and Chowkidars, are not available in the required numbers at Sub-Units.
“With the recent decision of the Board to disengage the over-age employees, and no fresh recruitments being made, this staff deficiency has become more severe.”
The matter was placed before the competent authorities, and as desired, in order to overcome such deficiencies at the lower levels, sanction is hereby accorded to the re-designation of the posts of the enclosed list of 323 employees who are functionally illiterate or have failed to submit a genuine 10th pass academic qualification certificate to date, as Multi-Purpose Staff (MPS).
“The designation shall be used for all such categories of posts that do not require any technical or professional qualification. The services of all such employees shall henceforth be utilized to perform any kind of job that doesn’t require any special skills.”
However, it is clarified that the re-designation shall not absolve any employee from any service-related enquiry or irregularities of appointment and promotion.
“Further, all the employees posted at Shrines, from the Administrator to the lowest level, are additionally designated as ‘Khadim-e-Ziyarat’. The administrators shall accordingly ensure that the entire staff carries a visible identity card at all times bearing this designation,” it said, adding that the administrators shall ensure compliance with this requirement. (KNO)
