Good News : Govt to clear 2000 cases under SRO 43 soon, Vacancies identified

Majority to get jobs in Class-IV category

In a major relief for the youth
awaiting compassionate
appointments including victims
of militancy, border
shelling/ firing and normal
death cases of employees, the
Jammu and Kashmir
Government has decided to
clear backlog of nearly 2000
SRO 43 appointments pending
for past quite some time
before the switch over to new
policy for such jobs.
Official sources told the
Excelsior that after the
Government introduced new
policy of Compassionate
Appointments from January 1
this year, which was more or
less on the pattern of the Central
Government, a large number of
cases under previous scheme of
SRO 43 were pending for past
quite some time.
Under SRO 43, the kin of
those killed in militancy or border
shelling-firing related acts
and the Government employees
who died during services, were
eligible for job in the
Government Departments.
However, the new policy on
Compassionate Appointments
which came into effect from
January 1, 2023, a merit-based
criteria has been adopted for
such posts and only those who
fall in the criteria will get jobs
while others will be paid a fixed
amount of compensation.
According to sources, the
Government has identified
nearly 2000 vacancies, mostly
in Class-IV category in different
departments and very
soon, 2000 cases pending
under SRO 43 will be cleared
giving jobs to as many youths
who are waiting for past quite
some time now.
“An extensive exercise was
undertaken by the General
Administration Department
(GAD) to identify Class-IV and
few other vacancies in various
departments of Jammu and
Kashmir. The exercise has now
been completed. Very soon, the
Jammu and Kashmir
Government is expected to clear
nearly 2000 cases of SRO 43,”
the sources said.
They added that the
Government decision will not
only generate 2000 jobs but will
also bring major relief to the victims of militancy, border
shelling/firing and kin of dead
Government employees who
were waiting for compassionate
appointments for a long time.
The new scheme which has
already come into force will grant
appointment or monetary compensation
on compassionate
grounds to a dependent family
member of a Government servant,
who may die in harness or as a
result of militancy-related action
or due to enemy action on the
Line of Control/International
Border within Jammu and
Kashmir and is not involved in
militancy-related activities or
retires on invalid pension, thereby,
leaving his family in penury and
without any means of livelihood.
The scheme will extend
relief to the family of the
Government servant and save
them from financial destitution.
To bring greater transparency
and equity, besides ensuring adequate
safeguards against the misuse
of the rehabilitation assistance
framework, the new
scheme has incorporated provisions
for receiving online applications
in a centralized manner in
the GAD on a designated portal.
Under the new scheme, the
number of vacancies and the
merit list of the eligible candidates
will be prepared annually
and eligible candidates will be
considered purely on the basis
of merit obtained with regard
to a point-based merit system
on quarterly basis. Both the list
of vacancies and merit list of
candidates will be put out in
the public domain to make the
process fully transparent and
accountable.
The appointment on compassionate
grounds will be made for
the multi-tasking staff or equivalent
or lowest non-gazetted cadre
posts in the department.
However, if an applicant is a
graduate or has higher qualification,
there are provisions to allow
discretion for considering appointment
in the non-gazetted cadre.
Even after introduction of
new policy, the compassionate
appointment cases still pending
disposal in GAD under the
existing SRO 43 rule for various
reasons, including relaxation of
rules and identification of post
in other department, will be
dealt with in accordance with
SRO 43 of 1994, as amended
from time to time.