SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly’s Committee on Subordinate Legislation on Monday expressed concern over delays in finalising recruitment rules for the Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Department, stressing that the process should be accorded the highest priority.
Chairman Muzaffar Iqbal Khan chaired a meeting at the Legislative Assembly Secretariat in Srinagar to review progress on framing and finalising the rules and discuss related matters.
The committee was informed by Commissioner Secretary, ARI and Trainings Department, Shabnam Kamili, that the draft recruitment rules were under process and would be finalised after obtaining concurrence from the Finance Department.
The chairman observed that prolonged delays in framing recruitment rules adversely affect the functioning of institutions as well as the service interests and career prospects of employees. He urged the concerned departments to complete the requisite formalities at the earliest.
The committee also stressed the need for uniform or model recruitment rules for medical and dental colleges wherever posts, requirements and recruitment procedures are substantially similar, instead of framing separate rules for each institution.
The meeting was informed that the ARI and Trainings Department had already shared a format with the H&ME Department for preparing model recruitment rules for all medical and dental colleges.
The meeting was attended by committee members Hilal Akbar Lone, Dr Bashir Ahmad Veeri, Bharat Bhushan, Sheikh Khursheed and Peerzad Feroz Ahmad, besides Commissioner Secretary, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Achal Sethi, and senior officers of the concerned departments and the Assembly Secretariat.
