Health Department Refers 480 Medical Officer Posts to JKPSC for Direct Recruitment

The Health and Medical Education Department of Jammu and Kashmir has formally referred 480 posts of Medical Officers to the Jammu and Kashmir Public Services Commission for direct recruitment, as per official communication issued on Tuesday.

According to an official letter issued from the Civil Secretariat, Jammu and Kashmir, the referral has been made under the Jammu and Kashmir Health and Family Welfare (Gazetted) Service Rules notified vide SRO 325 of 2013. The requisition form for filling up the posts has been forwarded to JKPSC for initiating the recruitment process.

The breakup of the 480 Medical Officer posts includes 192 posts under Open Merit, 38 under Scheduled Caste, 48 each under Scheduled Tribe One, Scheduled Tribe Two and Backward Area categories, 39 posts under Other Backward Classes, 48 under Economically Weaker Sections, and 19 posts under ALC IB category.

The department has also requested the Public Services Commission to incorporate specific conditions in the forthcoming advertisement to avoid any future legal complications. As per the conditions, selected candidates will not be permitted to continue postgraduate courses or tenure positions such as Senior Residency, Registrarship, or Demonstratorship after selection. However, candidates will be given a one-time option to either accept the Medical Officer appointment or continue with their ongoing postgraduate or tenure engagement.

Further, the letter states that upon appointment, selected Medical Officers will be required to serve mandatorily in peripheral and far-flung areas of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the interest of equitable healthcare delivery.

The communication has been issued by the Health and Medical Education Department to the Secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Services Commission, requesting acknowledgment and necessary action. [KNT]