Govt identifies 26,000 vacancies in various Departments
To be referred to
PSC, SSB
JAMMU, February 27: In what could be a good news for unemployed youth, the Jammu and Kashmir
Government has so far identified 26,000 vacancies in various departments for
filling up in the current year including Gazetted, non-Gazetted and Class-IV.
“Majority of
the posts identified for recruitment during the current year are in
non-Gazetted cadre and Class-IV while rest will be for Gazetted Officers,”
official sources told the Excelsior.
A detailed
exercise has been carried out by various Government departments to identify
vacancies in different cadres including Gazetted, non-Gazetted and Class-IV and
the figure has come around 26,000. However, the exercise is still on in some
departments.
Following
clearance by the Government, the posts will be referred to the Public Service
Commission (PSC) and Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB),
sources said.
The
recruitment agencies will initiate exercise for filling up of vacancies only
after receiving a detailed note from the Government.
“Number of
the vacancies might go up slightly as some departments could revise the list in
next few days,” sources said.
Few days
back, the Government had asked all departments to identify vacancies and submit
them to the General Administration Department by March. The GAD will refer
vacancies to the PSC and JKSSB by April 1 and the two recruitment agencies will
initiate the recruitment process which will be completed in the calendar year.
Similar
process, as per the sources, could be taken up in subsequent years with
departments finalizing vacancy positions in March and referring them to the
General Administration Department which will, in turn, send the vacancies to
recruitment agencies by April 1. The posts will be filled within the calendar
year.
“All efforts
will be made that the vacancies advertised are filled up in the same year with
timelines fixed for written tests and other processes,” they said, adding the
unemployed youth aspiring for the Government jobs will be well aware in advance
about the vacancies for the year and will prepare themselves accordingly.
However, if
some vacancies are to be filled up in emergency mode, they will be an
exception, they said, adding number of such vacancies will be bare minimum.
The
Government had recently issued an order directing all the departments to
undertake exercise for current year immediately to meet the timelines and
guidelines/regulations so that all vacancies arising out in the departments are
referred by March 31.
“The annual
calendar will ensure that vacancies which accrue in the calendar year, are
referred to Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board and Public Service
Commission, as the case may be immediately after start of the calendar year,”
sources said.
Describing
filling up of 26,000 plus vacancies in Government departments in less than a
year as “significant”, sources said this will help the unemployed youth as
vacancies pertained to all cadre including Gazetted, non-Gazetted and Class-IV.
