Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 12: Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has stopped the salary of Chairman, District Level Class-IV Appointment Committee (Deputy Commissioner Jammu) till further orders for non-compliance of the directives.
The matter relating to the appointment was filed in the year 2019 as SWP No. 2852/2019 before the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir at Jammu, and it was transferred to CAT vide order dated 01.07.2020 passed by the High Court and thereafter, the case was listed on 13.10.2020 for the first time before CAT.
“Despite issuance of previous order dated 09.05.2024, wherein respondents were granted last and final opportunity to file reply failing which the erring officer was directed to remain virtually present before this court through video conferencing but they did not file any reply, neither did they bother to appear before this court to explain why the reply was not filed”, CAT Judicial Member Rajinder Singh Dogra said.
Taking serious note of this, the CAT has issued direction to stop the salary of the Chairman, District Level Class IV Appointment Committee (Deputy Commissioner, Jammu) with immediate effect. Moreover, Chief Secretary has been directed to initiate an enquiry against the Deputy Commissioner Jammu and take action for not complying the orders of the court.
“Let the written statement now be filed by the respondents along with the action taken report by the next date of hearing”, read the order.
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