SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government has constituted Departmental Grievance Redressal Committees in all Administrative Departments for expeditious redressal of grievances of employees and workers in the Union Territory.
According to a Government Order issued by the General Administration Department, sanction has been accorded to the constitution of the committees for examination and disposal of grievances of employees/workers under their administrative control.
Each committee, as per the news agency GNS, will be headed by the Administrative Secretary of the concerned Department as Chairman. The other members will include Director Finance/Financial Advisor & CAO, Additional/Special Secretary to the Government of the Department, and Law Officer not below the rank of Deputy Legal Remembrancer of the Department.
As per the Terms of Reference, the Committee shall examine grievances relating to service matters and other employment-related issues of employees/workers of the Department and its subordinate/field offices.
It shall examine the grievances in the light of the applicable statutory rules, regulations, Government instructions, Recruitment Rules, sanctioned cadre structure and other relevant provisions.
The Committee shall identify grievances which can be resolved at the departmental level and take appropriate action for their expeditious disposal.
It shall also examine cases involving policy, inter-departmental consultation, financial implications or amendment of rules and, wherever required, initiate action for obtaining the approval/concurrence of the competent authority in accordance with the applicable procedure.
The Committee has been tasked to ensure that genuine and admissible grievances are not kept pending for want of examination at the appropriate level and to prescribe, wherever feasible, a time-bound mechanism for their disposal.
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