JKSSB Follows No Time Limit For Completion of Recruitment Procedure: RTI Reply

Jammu, 07/Feb/2015: Bizzare it may sound, but yes, the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board, JKSSB has finally admitted that it has no rule, policy procedure with regard to time limit for completion of recruitment procedure for different posts.

While replying to an  application under Right to Information Act of RTI activist Raman Sharma the State Recruitment Panel has stated that “no policy, rule is available in the
Board”.

In response to the query of the information seeker about the maximum time limit fixed under which the recruitment procedure should be culminated by the JKSSB, the board in its letter no. SSB/ ADM/RTI-590/2014/99/14 Dated 22/01/2015 has informed that “The Board making the selections of various categories of posts after conducting the written test an viva-voce, within suitable time period, if the selection is not subjudice”. In this reply the board officers has not mentioned any particular time time period for culmination of recruitment procedure and have selectively used word “suitable time period”. In response to another query of the applicant, where he has asked that “Whether there is any proposal pending with the JKSSB to formulate a policy/rule to fix time limit for completion of recruitmemnt of different posts by JKSSB”, the Information officer of the board has replied in negative.

Giving further details about his RTI application, the information seeker informed that he had filed an RTI application with the JKSSB office at Sringar in the month of August last year to know the status of selection list of  teachers  of   districts Jammu/Udhampur & Kathua  for which the  advertisement were issued by the JKSSB vide  notices no 03 of 2012,   dated 28.12.2012, no: 02 of 2013  dated 16.02.2013, & no:  05 of 2013  dated 02.03.2013 . for which the  the exams & interviews were  already conducted for the said posts & even the merit list been declared/announced for districts like, Reasi, Kishtwar, Poonch, Baramulla, Ganderbal etc but the merit list/selection lists of district Jammu/udhampur and Kathua  are still awaited. 

In reply (after 5 months) to this query of the applicant, the JKSSB have replied that the selection list of distrcit cadre Jammu/Kathua/Udhampur is under stay as and when the stay is vacated the list will be published in wihtin short period of time. Raman Sharma, the applicant while commenting on the information receieved from the JKSSB has urged the state governemnt to formulate a policy for JKSSB for completing  the recuritment excercises for all posts wihtin a stipulated period of say 3 months to 6 months, in absence of any stipulated period of time, thousands of posts remain vacant and the aspirants remain uncertain about their future. 

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