Srinagar: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of LG Manoj Sinha, has approved the submission of the draft of The Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB) Bill, 2024 to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India for placing before the Parliament of India, an official press release informed Monday.
It said Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the LG; Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary and Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, Principal Secretary to LG attended the meeting.
The Bill proposes the appointment of Chairperson from IAS cadre (either serving or retired-Super time scale and above). The Bill also proposes that there shall be five members (either serving or retired) from equivalent grade of special scale and above while as the Controller and Secretary shall be Special Secretary level or above.
It also suggests that the chairperson and member shall hold office for 5 years or till the age of 65 years (whichever is earlier) and shall not be re-appointed.
