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Is Govt mulling over introducing six-day working week in Civil Secretariat?
6/20/2023 10:31:35 PM
Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 20: After abolishing the age-old practice of the "Darbar Move", the Union Territory administration is mulling over the six-day working week of the Civil Secretariat in both the capital cities of the Union Territory. Presently, there is a five-day working system in the Civil Secretariat of Jammu and Kashmir.
Sources said that this proposal was placed before higher-ups in March this year but the same could not materialize. "Now once again higher-ups are thinking about this proposal", sources said.
Although no final decision in this regard has been taken, sources said that authorities are exploring the pros and cons of introducing this decision.
Highly placed sources said that higher-ups are thinking to introduce a six-day working day week in the Civil Secretariat and the offices of Heads of Department in Jammu and Kashmir are likely to switch over to a six-day working week.
"The step is also seen as a reformative measure to enhance the accessibility of the people to the top echelons of the administration for redressal of grievances and expediting official matters in the stipulated time frame", sources said.
The five-day week was in force in the Durbar Move offices only. However, with the abolition of the age-old practice in June 2021 during the gubernatorial tenure of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, the working days continued to remain unchanged.
The timing in the Civil Secretariat and the Directorates used to function from 10 AM to 5 AM till October 2018 when it was revised to 9.30 AM to 5.30 PM. The enhanced timing from November 1, 2018, had been ordered following a decision by the State Administrative Council, headed by the then Governor N. N Vohra.
The sources said the decision with regard to reverting to a six-working day week in the public interest is expected in the next few days.
The General Administration Department of J&K had issued a circular on April 5 2021 in which it was decided that there will be no physical movement of files during the 'Darbar Move'. This step was taken to minimize the financial burden of the annual 'Darbar Move' practice on the state exchequer.
First time in the history of Darbar Move, it was decided that only 10 trucks would be engaged, that too, for shifting only highly sensitive and confidential files. All other files were uploaded on the e-office system and files are now available both at Jammu and Srinagar offices.
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