Suhail Bhat
SRINAGAR, Aug 9: The Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Fee is functioning with solely two members towards a sanctioned energy of seven, leaving 5 positions vacant after current retirements and elevating issues over delays in recruitment to a whole bunch of Authorities posts.
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The vacancies come because the fee is dealing with quite a few posts at numerous levels of recruitment, together with assistant professors, lecturers and medical positions. Stakeholders have urged the Authorities to fill the vacant positions and supply further workers to hurry up the recruitment course of.
A senior professor on the College of Jammu stated the Chief Minister and Lieutenant Governor ought to make filling the vacant positions a precedence. “The LG ought to give first precedence to offering members to the PSC and appointing further workers to expedite recruitment, significantly for assistant professors in medical faculties and better schooling establishments,” the professor stated.
He stated a lot of Ph.D. holders are unemployed in Jammu and Kashmir, with some dealing with the chance of turning into overage for presidency recruitment. “Extremely certified candidates who’ve accomplished larger levels, post-doctoral work, NET, PDF and JRF are unemployed,” he added.
A senior professor at SKIMS stated the scarcity of job alternatives was additionally affecting the medical sector, with specialists leaving the area for jobs overseas. “Those that have accomplished MCH, DNB, DM and different specialised medical {qualifications} are shifting to Gulf international locations due to the dearth of job alternatives right here. That is inflicting mind drain,” the professor stated.
Stakeholders stated about 205 assistant professor positions in numerous faculties in Jammu and Kashmir had been not too long ago referred to the fee. A number of different posts are pending, whereas many have already been marketed and are at totally different levels of recruitment.
The fee has additionally not too long ago marketed practically 500 Plus-2 lecturer positions, whereas different recruitment processes are underway. About 200 college-level positions are additionally anticipated to be taken up, stakeholders stated.
An official stated the fee’s functioning would enhance if all sanctioned members had been appointed. “Completely different members can oversee totally different sections and work will be delegated successfully. With solely two members, the workload is excessive,” the official stated.
Stakeholders have additionally known as for strengthening the fee’s administrative construction by appointing two controllers. They proposed that one controller deal with service candidates, departmental examinations and Departmental Promotion Committees, whereas the opposite oversee direct recruitment.
Additionally they sought further secretaries, deputy secretaries and different workers to deal with the fee’s workload.
