Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 2: Minister for Finance, Abdul Rahim Rather has said that Government has issued instructions to the officers to discontinue forthwith the engagements made in violation of the Special Provisions Act and SRO-64 and the officers responsible will be identified and charge-sheeted while the engagements made in accordance with Government order No 239-F of 2005 will be revisited by the concerned departments.
The Minister was replying to a Calling Attention Notice given by Sheikh Ghulam Rasool here in the House today.
The Minister said that various engagements have been made on casual, need basis and on contractual basis in some departments while only four departments Agriculture Production, PWD(R&B), PHE,I&FC and Power Development Department have been authorised vide Government order No. 239-F of 2005 to engage people on casual, need basis from time to time on muster rolls for payment of wages with certain conditions.
Rather said that engagement of daily rated workers has been banned by the Government since 1994 in terms of the SRO 64 of 1994. He said, in case of Housing and Urban Development Department, including Local Bodies, departmental action is already going on against the defaulters who have unauthorizedly engaged consolidated/ contractual employees. He said preliminary enquiry report of Housing and Urban Development Department has already been forwarded to the State Vigilance Organization for investigation and necessary action.
Regarding adhoc, contractual and consolidated appointments, the Minister said that Section 14 of the J&K Civil Services (Special Provisions) Act 2010 explicitly bans all such engagements with effect from the date the act came into force. He said, however, Section 3 of the Act provides for certain exceptions to the blanket ban imposed under Section 14 of the Act.
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