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| Govt. directs DDCs, HoDs in Kashmir not to leave station without informing Div Com | | | Muhammad Mukaram
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 29: Even though there is no working winter secretariat in the valley this time, the government has directed the all the deputy commissioners of the valley and heads of departments functioning in the Valley not to leave their offices without prior permission from the Divisional Commissioner.
In view of the people facing lot of problems due to non-availability of Winter Secretariat in the Valley, the Circular has been issued by the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmed Khan wide order no: DivCom/PS/-Misc/2016/085 reads that, "in order to ensure smooth functioning of various offices at Divisional / District Level and with a view to ensure availability of officers in addressing day to day problems / grievances of the public."
As such in absence of Ministers, the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has clearly ordered all the district level officials that they should remain available in the Valley to address the grievances of the people during the winter months, as people have faced already lot of hard ships due to unrest. Later she instructed the officers in Kashmir not to leave the station without prior permission from the higher authorities.
"All divisional level heads of departments, deputy commissioners of Kashmir shall not leave the station without prior permission of the office of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir. If any officer is called for a meeting to Jammu, he/she shall inform the office about the same in advance. Any deviation of these instructions shall be viewed seriously and action as warranted under rules will be taken against violation," a government order said.
Further the government has instructed the officers to ensure availability of officers in addressing day to day grievances of the public.
The departmental heads according to sources have been told that facility of video conferencing must be used effectively and travel for the purpose of attending meetings should be avoided to the extent possible. "The move has been taken in the wake of as during winters it had become a routine for the officials to spend time in Jammu. But this time strict instructions have been issued to officers not to leave the Valley as people face immense inconveniences during winters so they should remain available for solving people's problems," said a senior official at Divisional Commissioner's office.
He said as the winter secretariat won't be functional during winter months, the government has directed the officers to ensure 100 percent attendance of the employees.
However, a decade ago in a bid to ensure that people don't suffer when the seat of governance is shifted, the then Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had introduced the concept of summer and winter secretariats in 2006. |
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