GS Asgotra
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 25: The prevailing recklessness in the General Administration Department (GAD) can be gauged from the fact that for the last one year, the verdict of High Court to reconsider selection of Wireless Operators (WOs), has been biting dust on its shelves.
According to the copy of court order available with Early Times, in the month of February 2015, the Court had directed to Home Department to reconsider the selection of 171 WOs. "The Police Headquarter had invited applications for the post Wireless Operators on March 9, 2007 of State Cadre, without mentioning the numbers of post", the document revealed.
After conducting selection process, the Home department arbitrary converted the state cadre into district cadre. Those who were not selected under district Cadre challenged the selection in the court of law.
"The State government is to redraw merit list/the selectees/ appointees against 907of the advertised vacancies as proposed, from amongst the candidates who participated in the selection process, strictly in accordance with merit and reservation rule", the court directed to state government, under review petitions (SWP) 33/2014.
To implement the court order, the then Law Minister held the meeting on 16/10/2015 with the members including Principal Secretary Home, Advocate General, DGP, Secretary Law. After the file was forwarded to Home minister or Chief Minister for final approval under dispatched no: PRS/HCM/1017/2015 dated 27 October 2015", said one of complainant, who filed case against State government in court of law.
It is pertinent to mention here that the appellants had filed the case titled "Sheikh Muzaffar Ahmad & OrsV/s State of govt &others" on SWP against state government over arbitrary converted state cadre post into district cadre and not clearly mentioned numbers of posts.
On the basis of the case filed by the appellants, the High Court had quashed the case and had ordered to re-advertize the posts, following which the department had approached the applicants for filing a review petition and had given assurance to appellants for absorbing them on the same posts, but one year since then, the aspirants have been suffering and have been running from pillar to post but for no avail. |
