JAMMU, Mar 15: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the Cabinet Sub-Committee (CSC) formed last year to look into grievances against the current reservation policy in the Union Territory will submit its report in six months.
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“The CSC constituted to examine the complicated issue of reservations in recruitment has been given a six-month timeline to complete their report. This timeline was set by me after I met with a concerned group of job aspirants,” Omar wrote on X.
“This timeline, however, was not in the initial order setting up the Sub-Committee. That oversight will be corrected but, rest-assured, the Committee is working to complete its task in the set timeframe,” he added.
Earlier in the day, the UT Government informed the Assembly that no deadline had been set for the three-member CSC to submit its report.
Social Welfare Minister Sakeena Itoo shared the information in a written response to a starred question by People’s Conference MLA Sajad Gani Lone, who had asked if a six-month deadline had been granted to the panel to review the existing policy.
The Cabinet Sub-Committee, headed by Itoo and including Ministers Satish Sharma and Javed Rana, was constituted in December last year.
“The Cabinet Sub-Committee stands constituted … to examine the grievances projected by a section of aspirants for various posts regarding reservation rules. However, no specific timeline has been fixed for submitting the report,” Itoo said in the House.
She said 5,39,306 (5.39 lakh) people from Scheduled Tribes (STs) — 4,59,493 (4.59 lakh) in Jammu division and 79,813 in Kashmir division — had obtained certificates since April 1, 2023.
During the same period, 67,112 Scheduled Caste (SC) certificates have been issued in the Jammu region.
The Minister said 1,379 villages in Jammu and 1,229 in Kashmir had benefited under the Reserved Backward Area while 551 villages of the Jammu zone benefited under the International Border category.
Similarly, 268 villages in Jammu and 16 in Kashmir have benefited under the Actual Line of Control category.
The Government has issued 27,420 certificates to people from Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the Jammu division and 2,273 certificates in the Kashmir valley since April 1, 2023, the Minister said.
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