‘By giving deaf ears to our demands, UT Govt is violating its own rules’
Ladakh, June 16: The employees recruited by J&K government posted in union territory of Ladakh for the past three years Tuesday demanded immediate repatriation stating that they can’t bear the challenging conditions anymore. They said even after completion of stipulation period, administration has not initiated any step to transfer them back to Kashmir.
They said that over 100 employees of different departments of which the majority belong to the education department were deployed in Ladakh prior to the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two different union territories and they are yet to be called back.
The employees said that the LG G C Murmu led administration has left them to suffer under immense challenging conditions.
“The government itself has flouted the norms by not transferring us after the completion of one year as third zone posting,” they said.
Basheer Ahmad, one of the lecturers, posted in union territory of Ladakh said that at least 64 lecturers and two Chief educational officers (CEOs) are posted in parts of UT who even after completion of stipulated period of one year are still craving for the attention from the authorities for the their transfer.
He said three years have already passed but there seems to be no seriousness from the LG’s administration in union territory of Jammu and Kashmir despite a number of representations made from time to time to the concerned offices.
“We earlier met the Lt Governor of Ladakh who clearly told us that it’s not his domain to transfer any of the employees be it from education or any other department and only the LG of UT J&K can do it,” Ahmed said.
The employees said that they are serving in good numbers in Ladakh UT that include Health Department (6), Education (64), PDD (12), finance and planning (10), Home department PO (2), PWD (R&B) (5) and PHE (2).
“Many employees of newly created UT of J&K have been rendering their services in Ladakh UT in compliance with transfer/posting orders issued by their respective departments from time to time before 31-October, 2019,” they told KNO.
The employees demanded personal intervention of Lt. Governor of J&K and said employees serving in Ladakh UT prior to the implementation of J&K Re-organisation Act 2019 be repatriated to their home UT of J&K at an earliest without any delay—(KNO)
