J&K Government has placed five section officers (SO) of Head of Departments cadre as in charge administrative officers as stop-gap arrangement.
As per order, sanction has been accorded to the placement ofthe six SOs of Head of Departments cadre as In charge administrative officersin their own pay and grade with charge allowance as admissible under rules, fora period of six months or till vacancies available in the J&KAdministrative Officers (Gazetted) Service are filled up on regular basis, onthe recommendations of the DPC/PSC.
The officers include Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Narinder Singh Jamwal,Altaf Hussain Bhat, Aijaz Hussain Lanker and Mushtaq Ahmad Dar.
The arrangement has been made purely in interest ofadministration on stop-gap basis and shall not confer any preferential rightupon above section officers for promotion as administrative officers, as andwhen the promotions are considered on regular basis and shall be subject to theoutcome of the writ petition, if any, before competent court of law.
Consequent upon the decision, Abdul Rehman Bhat, administrative officer, J&K Service Selection Board, DivisionalOfficer, Srinagar has been transferred and posted as administrative officer,J&K Forest Protection Force against an available vacancy.
Showkat Ahmad Rather, Incharge Private Secretary, presentlyposted as In charge administrative officer SKIMS Medical College, Bemina,Srinagar on ex-cadre basis has been transferred and posted as In charge PrivateSecretary to the Director, Handloom, J&K, against available vacancy.
Bashir Ahmad Bhat, section officer, presently posted inGovernment Degree College, Sopore (Higher Education Department), on hisplacement as in charge administrative officer has been posted as in chargeadministrative officer, SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, Srinagar in place ofShowkat Ahmad Rather.
Narinder Singh Jamwal, Section Officer, presently posted inGovernment Medical College, Jammu, on his placement as In charge administrativeofficer has been posted as In charge administrative officer in the office ofExecutive Director, Mubarak Mandi, Heritage Society, Jammu on ex-cadre basis.
Altaf Hussain Bhat, section officer, presently posted inoffice of Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, on his placement as In chargeadministrative officer has been posted as In charge administrative officer,J&K Service Selection Board, Divisional Office, Srinagar on-ex-cadre basis,in place of Abdul Rehman Bhat.
Aijaz Hussain Lanker, Section Officer, presently posted inthe Directorate of Economics & Statistics, J&K, on his placement asIncharge Administrative Officer has been posted as Incharge AdministrativeOfficer, in the office of Director, Sericulture Development Department, J&Kon ex-cadre basis.
Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, Section Officer, presently posted in theoffice of Director, Rural Development Department, Kashmir, on his placement asIncharge Administrative Officer has been posted as Incharge AdministrativeOfficer, Government Medical College, Baramulla, on ex-cadre basis, against anavailable vacancy.