J&K Govt Orders Appointment of Lecturers in School Education Department
J&K Govt Orders Appointment of Lecturers in School Education Department
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has ordered the appointment of 43 lecturers in Mathematics, Zoology and Chemistry in the School Education Department, with the appointees placed in Pay Level 9 carrying a salary scale of Rs 52,700 to Rs 1,66,700.
The appointments have been notified through three separate government orders issued by the School Education Department on October 17, 2026. These include 35 lecturers in Chemistry, five in Mathematics and three in Zoology.
According to Government Order No. 440-JK(Edu) of 2026, five candidates have been appointed as lecturers in Mathematics, notionally with effect from September 25, 2026. The order continues the earlier Government Order No. 398-JK(Edu) of 2026, dated September 25.
The appointees are Abrar Ahmad, Subzar Ahmad Beig, Rahul Kumar, Aaqib Altaf and Mohd Akram.
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Government Order No. 441-JK(Edu) of 2026 provides for the appointment of three lecturers in Zoology, notionally with effect from September 3, 2026. The appointees are Amit Kumar, Mamta Sharma and Sahil Bhat. The order continues an earlier government order issued in September.
Meanwhile, Government Order No. 442-JK(Edu) of 2026 sanctions the appointment of 35 lecturers in Chemistry on the recommendations of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC).
The Chemistry appointees include Sonakshi Sasan, Mohsin Yousuf Lone, Shariq Yousuf, Sameer Ahmad Malik, Anu Choudhary, Salman Khursheed, Muzaffar Ahmad Bhat, Narayan Dutt Sharma, Niharika, Qounsar Jan, Manisha Sharma, Danish Farooq, Zahid Ahmad Lone, Bilal Salam, Hashim Amin Shah, Anil Malik, Aruna Rani, Jaswant Kumar, Sajjad Ahmed, Sunil Kumar, Nargis Akhter Ashashi, Zaib Ul Nisa, Pretam Kumar, Jeetinder Singh, Radhika Anand, Mushahid Farooq, Atta Ullah Kaleem, Ayaz Ahmad Manhas, Javeed Ahmad Tali, Aqib Assadullah Teli, Manjeet Singh, Narinder Singh, Shanu Sharma, Mohammad Umar Shah and Raman Kumar.
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Joining deadline and conditions
The government orders stipulate that the appointees must report to the concerned authorities within 21 days from the date of issuance of their respective appointment orders.
Mathematics lecturers belonging to Jammu Division are required to report to the Director of School Education, Jammu, while those belonging to Kashmir Division must report to the Director of School Education, Kashmir.
The three Zoology appointees have been directed to report to the Director of School Education, Jammu within the prescribed period.
The orders state that failure to join within the stipulated 21 days will result in the forfeiture of the candidates’ right to appointment. In such cases, the appointment orders will be deemed withdrawn ab initio, meaning from the outset, without any further reference or notice.
The appointments are also subject to verification of the candidates’ educational, professional and technical qualifications by the concerned issuing authorities. Any discrepancy, misrepresentation or adverse finding during the verification process may lead to cancellation of the appointment, without prejudice to any other action permissible under the applicable rules.
The government orders also state that formal posting orders will be issued separately by the competent authority where specified.
The orders cite the relevant School Education Department references, recommendations received from the JKPSC and satisfactory character and antecedent reports from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
The Chemistry order specifies the appointments in the pay scale but does not mention a notional effective date in the extracted text, unlike the Mathematics and Zoology orders, which specify September 25 and September 3, 2026, respectively.