DoPT issues notificationExcelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Aug 28: The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India today issued notification for induction of 14 serving JKAS officers and nine retired officers into IAS.
The retired JKAS officers, who figured in the Select List of 2019 include Anil Koul, Dr Ghulam Nabi Itoo.
Nine vacancies of retired JKAS officers will be carried forward to next year and will be available for induction of JKAS officers into IAS along with new posts.
This is after nearly four years that the JKAS officers have been inducted into IAS as the last induction took place on August 4, 2022 when 16 JKAS officers made it to the IAS.
Induction of JKAS officers into IAS was not carried out for nearly 12 years because of seniority disputes, legal hurdles etc from 2010 to 2022.
DoPT issues notification
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 28: The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India today issued notification for induction of 14 serving JKAS officers and nine retired officers into IAS.
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The official notification for induction of JKAS officers into IAS was uploaded on X by Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Incharge DoPT Dr Jitendra Singh.
Fourteen officers cleared for induction into IAS are Babila Rakwal, Shabnam Kamili, Rachna Sharma, Leena Padha, Rajinder Singh Tara, Tariq Hussain Ganai, Munir Ul Islam, Sajjad Hussain Ganai, Anoo Malhotra, Nitu Gupta, Prediman Krishen Bhat, Bhawani Rakwal, Smita Sethi and Anuradha Gupta.
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The officers from Babila Rakwal to Nitu Gupta, totaling 10, have been named in the Select List of 2019 while four others figured in the Select List of 2020.
The retired JKAS officers, who figured in the Select List of 2019 include Anil Koul, Dr Ghulam Nabi Itoo. Kusum Badyal, Vivek Sharma, Mohammad Harun Malik, Nisar Ahmad Wani and Jatinder Singh.
Two retired officers have been named in the Select List of 2020. They are Nisar Ahmad Wani and Tariq Ahmad Zargar.
Shamim Ahmed, a JKAS officer who died in 2021 also figured at Serial No. 21 in the select list of 2019.
"The president is pleased to appoint members of State Civil Services of UT of J&K Segment to the IAS against the vacancies determined by Government of India in consultation with the State Government for the Select Lists of 2019 and 2020 on probation until further orders and to allocate them to the AGMUT cadre,'' the notification stated.
Excelsior had exclusively reported about induction of 23 JKAS officers into IAS including 14 serving and nine retired in the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) meeting held in New Delhi for two days on April 23 and 24 and attended among others by representatives of the J&K administration, Ministry of Home Affairs and DoPT.
Nine vacancies of retired JKAS officers will be carried forward to next year and will be available for induction of JKAS officers into IAS along with new posts.
The officers inducted into IAS will get the AGMUT cadre. With Jammu and Kashmir now part of AGMUT cadre, the officers of All India Services are posted in the States/UTs which are part of the it including Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Andaman & Nicobar, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli/Daman & Diu, and Lakshadweep.
This is after nearly four years that the JKAS officers have been inducted into IAS as the last induction took place on August 4, 2022 when 16 JKAS officers made it to the IAS. Since then, the inductions didn't take place despite identification of vacancies because of legal wrangles.
A total of 28 JKAS officers were cleared for induction on July 8, 2022 but 11 of them were later dropped as eight had retired from the services, two refused induction and one had died while fate of another was kept in sealed cover.
Induction of JKAS officers into IAS was not carried out for nearly 12 years because of seniority disputes, legal hurdles etc from 2010 to 2022.
