Amnesty for smooth implementation of GST gets nod
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 21: State Cabinet, which met under the chairpersonship of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti here this evening, approved promotion of some IAS, IPS and KAS officers. Moreover, the Cabinet approved amnesty for smooth implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and introduction of bill in the Legislature for establishment of Higher Education Council.
The Cabinet will again meet tomorrow to finalize the Governor’s Address to Joint Session of Legislature on January 2, 2018.
According to the official communiqué, the Cabinet approved promotion of Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Principal Resident Commissioner, J&K Government, New Delhi, Lokesh Dutt Jha, Financial Commissioner, Revenue and Suresh Kumar, Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Coal to the Fixed Scale of IAS.
The Cabinet also approved promotion of 6 IPS officers of 1993 and 1994 batches of J&K Cadre to the grade of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP)- Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) with immediate effect. These officers are Deepak Kumar, S JM Gillani, Abdul Ghani Mir, Mohammad Sulaiman Salaria, Alok Puri and Muneer Ahmad Khan.
The approval was also granted to the promotion of Special Scale KAS officers namely Peerzada Hafizullah Shah and Gulzar Hussain to the Super Time Scale of KAS. The Cabinet also accorded sanction to the appointment of 25 officers of 8 departmental feeding services to the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (Time Scale of KAS).
Meanwhile, Cabinet accorded sanction to the grant of amnesty for settlement of issues in old tax regime for providing a clean slate for smooth implementation of Goods & Services Tax. The scheme covers remission of penalty and interest on arrears of the tax under Value Added Tax Act, 2005, General Sales Tax Act, 1962 and in respect of Telecom Operators registered under General Sales Tax Act, 1962.
The approval was also given to the introduction of Jammu & Kashmir Higher Education Council Bill, 2017, for enforcing, planning, monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance in Universities and other Higher Education Institutions of the State.
The Cabinet also approved the draft Jammu & Kashmir Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners (Amendment Bill), 2017 and the Jammu & Kashmir Fisheries Bill, 2018, for introducing the same in the coming session of the State Legislature.
The Cabinet also accorded sanction for creation of the post of Additional Deputy Commissioner, Awantipora. Even approval was granted to creation of 5 posts of Additional Deputy Commissioner, Basholi, Billawar, Bhaderwah, Sopore and Tral by corresponding reduction of 5 posts of SDM Basholi, Billawar, Bhaderwah, Sopore and Tral in the J&K Administrative Service.
The approval was granted to the promotion of Zahoor Ahmad Reshi, FA & CAO, Financial Organization of PDD, Srinagar to the Selection Grade of J&K Accounts (Gazetted Service) and promotion of Dharam Paul Sharma, then CAO, Commercial & Survey Wing PDD, Ajay Kumar Gupta, FA & CAO, J&K State Vigilance Commission, Darshan Kumar Sharma, FA & CAO, J&K, State Road Transport Corporation, Jagdish Kumar, FA & CAO, DRDA Kathua, Sachin Verma FA & CAO, JAKFED and Deepshikha Sharma CAO Commercial & Survey Wing PDD to the Selection Grade of J&K Accounts (Gazetted Service).
The creation of one post of Commissioner of Food Safety along-with supporting staff for proper implementation of the Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006 & Regulations, 2011 also received the approval of the Cabinet.
The nod was also given to creation of 4 Women Police Stations, one each in the Districts of Pulwama, Kupwara, Kathua and Doda and creation of 208 posts for these four Women Police Stations (52 posts each) including 04 post of Inspector, 04 Posts of SI, 08 posts of ASI, 24 posts of HC, 136 posts of Constable (Direct) and 32 posts of Followers.
The Home Department will separately notify the jurisdiction of these four Women Police Stations in consultation with the Police Headquarters. Presently, six Women Police Stations are functioning in the State one each in districts of Jammu, Rajouri, Udhampur, Srinagar, Anantnag and Baramulla.
The approval was also given to establishment of Fire & Emergency Stations at Vijaypur and Ramgarh in district Samba. For operationalization of these stations, Cabinet approved creation of 29 posts per Station including one post of DFO, Station Officer and Sub Officer, two posts of Driver, three posts of Mechanical Driver, three posts each Leading Fireman and 18 posts of Fireman.
The creation of PHE division at Pulwama and Sub-division at Zainapora also received the approval of the Cabinet.
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