Srinagar: The Department of Personnel and Trainings, Ministry of Personnel and Public Grievances and Pensions, Govt. of India today issued a formal notification for appointment of members of Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS) into Indian Administrative Service (IAS).
A notification issued by Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training), Government of India issued in this regard reads: “In exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 8(1) of the Indian Administrative Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1954 read with Regulation 9(1) of the Indian Administrative Service (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955 and Rule 3 of the Indian Administrative Service (Probation) Rules, 1954, the President is pleased to appoint the following members of the State Civil Service of the erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir to the Indian Administrative Service against the vacancies determined by Government of India under Regulation 5(1) of the said Regulations in consultation with the State Government for the Select Lists of 2013 upto 2018, on probation until further orders and to allocate them to the erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir Cadre, under Rule 5(1) of the Indian Administrative Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954.
The officers are: Talat Parvez Iqbal Rohella; Rukhsana Gani; Rehana Batul; Mir Tariq Ali; Amit Sharma; Nazim Zai Khan; Shakeel -ul- Rehman Rather; Pardeep Kumar; Rahul Sharma; Narinder Singh Bali; Aijaz Ahmad Bhat; Hashmat Ali Yatoo; Majid Khalil Ahmad Drabu; Mohammad Akbar Wani; Sheikh Arshad Ayub and; Rajesh Sharma.
An official spokesman said that this is for the first time in last 12 years that the JKAS officers have been inducted into IAS.
16 serving JKAS officers have been inducted into IAS for the years 2013-2018. Three officers have been appointed against vacancies of 2013, two against vacancies of 2016, three against vacancies of 2017 and 08 vacancies have been filled up for the year 2018.
The 1999 batch JKAS officers are the major beneficiary of the inductions which have been carried out purely on seniority basis after the seniority list was finalized by the GAD.
Many IAS Officers were presently holding charge of twin departments and the promotions are likely to lessen their burden besides boosting the moral of local officers, said the spokesman.
He said that with inductions becoming a regular feature, more JKAS Officers are likely to be benefited by getting inducted into the prestigious India Administrative Service.
The exercise for induction of JKAS officers into IAS was delayed because of seniority disputes and certain other issues, said the spokesman.
