Govt amends J&K Special Recruitment Rules, 2015 (SRO 202)

JAMMU — Meeting the long pending demand of its employees recruited under the Jammu & Kashmir Special Recruitment Rules, 2015 (SRO 202), the government today amended it by issuing Jammu & Kashmir Special Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2020.

These rules have been issued by the order of the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of J&K.

The Rules 8, 9 and 10 of the earlier order have been amended by virtue of which the probation, fixed pay and allowances of the existing employees working under these rules has been granted only after the expiry of two years instead of five years mentioned earlier.

Moreover, the newly inserted rule 13 of the amended rules specify that employees who have had more than two years of service will also get the notional benefit up to 30.06.2020 and monetary benefit with effect from 01.07.2020.

Those employees who would complete their probation after 01.07.2020 as per the amendments made by the Jammu and Kashmir Special Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2020, shall be entitled to monetary benefit from the date of completion of their probation period.

The amendment further envisages that no future recruitments shall be made under these rules as government has already notified the Jammu & Kashmir Probationer (condition of service, pay and allowances) and fixation of tenure rules, 2020 for future recruitments.

Government announces amendment in J&K Appointment to Class-IV Special Recruitment Rules-2020:

The J&K Government today ordered the amendments in Jammu and Kashmir Appointment to Class-IV (Special Recruitment) Rules, 2020 for fresh Class-IV appointments.

A notification issued here by the General Administration Department under S.O. 193 said: “In exercise of the powers conferred by proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India read with Section 15 of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Decentralization and Recruitment) Act, 2010, the Lieutenant Governor hereby directs following amendments in the Jammu and Kashmir Appointment to Class-IV (Special Recruitment) Rules, 2020, issued vide Notification S.O. 184; Dated: 4th of June, 2020:”

Rule 8 of the rules shall be substituted as under: “8. Conditions of Service: The appointments made under these rules shall be governed by the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Probationer (Condition of Service, Pay and Allowances) and Fixation of Tenure Rules, 2020, notified vide S.O. No. 192; Dated: 17.06.2020.”