Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 31: The Cabinet Sub Committee (CSC) on Recruitment Policy will hold its first meeting in Srinagar tomorrow to discuss the Policy document and take further decision on whether to go for changes in it, put it in public domain and debate all other aspects.
The Cabinet has constituted the CSC on May 18 to go through the New Recruitment Policy following widespread public outcry against the Policy, which sought to make fresh recruitments in the Government Departments on contractual basis for first seven years. The Cabinet had asked the CSC to submit its report on June 1. However, the CSC will hold its first meeting on June 1 due to pre-occupation of some of the members.
The CSC comprised Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh (Chairman), Health and Medical Education Minister Choudhary Lal Singh, PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Minister Sukhnandan Kumar, all BJP and Education Minister Naeem Akhter, Law & Parliamentary Affairs Minister Basharat Bukhari and Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu, all PDP.
Official sources said the CSC will meet at 4 pm tomorrow in the summer capital of the State and discuss the policy document. The Government wants to implement the policy shortly but simultaneously it wants to incorporate suggestions from the stakeholders.
Sources said if the Policy document, as decided earlier, is put to public domain it will take a fortnight to invite suggestions and objections from the people and the stakeholders.
According to sources, the BJP Ministers were also worried about adverse impact the new Recruitment Policy would have on the party.
“The BJP has also discussed the matter at the party level and will take decisions on the basis of discussions,’’ sources said.
Governor NN Vohra had returned the Recruitment Policy to the Government on April 25 within a week of its approval by the Cabinet seeking clarifications on certain controversial clauses.
The Policy, which had been introduced in the form of Jammu and Kashmir Special Recruitment Ordinance 2015, was then handed over to the CSC not only because of return by the Governor but strong opposition by major political parties and organisations in the State and common man, who have described it as anti-youth.
“Reservations for all categories including Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes etc was another issue that will be given serious thought by the CSC while discussing the Recruitment Policy following strong resentment voiced by the organisations that they would lose reservations in adhoc/contractual appointment mode,’’ sources said, adding that a provision for reservations could be added in the new Policy.
The Government feels that it wouldn’t face any problems in getting mandatory nod of the Legislature for the Ordinance once it was approved by the Governor as it has majority in both the Houses. The Ordinance required Legislature nod within six months of its issuance by the Governor. While PDP-BJP coalition Government has two-third majority in the Assembly, it has simple majority in the Council. Only simple majority was required to make law for the Recruitment Policy. All opposition parties and Independent MLAs were likely to oppose the Policy whenever it was brought in the Legislature.
Though the Legislature was in session till April 10 (Assembly till April 9 and Council till April 10), the Government didn’t introduce the Policy in form of the bill but brought it before the Cabinet on April 19 and forwarded it to the Governor for issuance of an Ordinance. Worthwhile to mention here that the Ordinance is issued only if the Legislature is not in session but it required approval of the Legislature within six months of the issuance.
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