Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 17: In a major relief to job aspirants, the Jammu and Kashmir Government today announced new probationer and fixation of tenure rules for fresh appointments under its Statutory Order (SO) 192.
A notification issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) said: “In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of Constitution of India, the Lieutenant Governor hereby directs that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1956, or any other rule, notification, recruitment rules of any service or any order in force, the conditions of probation, pay and allowances and fixation of initial tenure of a person appointed to any post under the Government of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir after coming into force of this Notification shall be governed by the Jammu and Kashmir Probationer (Condition of Service, Pay and Allowances) and Fixation of Tenure Rules, 2020.
The notification further read that no person shall be eligible for confirmation as a member of a service or class till he has been on probation in such service or class continuously or in aggregate for a period of two years:
However, nothing shall debar the Government from extending the period of probation of a probationer who has failed to acquire the prescribed qualification or to pass the prescribed test provided that the period shall extend in no case for more than two years.
Moreover, the Government may extend the period of probation of a probationer for another two years under these rules, if the probationer fails to meet the requirements or standards of the job.
During the period of probation, it said, the appointee under these rules shall be entitled to the minimum of pay level applicable to the post against which he is appointed.
“ The appointee under these rules shall be entitled to annual increment, Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance and City Compensatory Allowance or any other allowance sanctioned by the Government after successful completion of the probation period: Provided that the appointee shall be entitled to benefits under the Medical Attendance Rules and Leave Rules from the date of his appointment itself,” the Rules said.
On suspension/discharge during probation, the notification said that at any time before the expiry of the period of probation, the appointing authority may suspend the probation of a probationer and discharge him from the service for want of vacancy; and at his discretion, terminate the probation of a probationer and discharge him from service.
The condition of probation, the notification added, if at the end of the prescribed period of probation, the appointing authority considers the probationer to be suitable for membership, it shall as soon as possible, or in cases falling under sub-rule(3) of rule 4 of these rules as soon as possible after the probationer has passed the tests and examinations for which he has appeared, issue an order declaring the probationer to have satisfactorily completed his period of probation, except in cases where the period of probation has been extended under rule 2 of these rules. On the issue of such order, the probationer shall be deemed to have satisfactorily completed his period of probation on the date of the expiry of the prescribed period of probation.
The notification further said that the there would be fixed tenure of five years on initial appointment.
“The appointee under these rules shall have to necessarily work for a period of five years on the post against which he has been initially appointed and such appointee shall not be eligible for transfer for whatsoever reason during the period of five years: Provided that any person appointed against any available vacancy on the basis of being a Resident of Backward Area, adjoining Line of Actual Control or International Border shall serve in such areas for a period of not less than seven years. “
The authority competent, it said, to entertain an appeal under the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1956 may revise any order discharging a probationer under any of the provision referred to in these rules, on an appeal filed within ninety days of the date of receipt of such order by the probationer concerned.
The other conditions of service including seniority, age, qualification, discipline, conduct and other allied matters shall be governed by the recruitment rules of the service to which the post to which the person has been appointed belongs, besides other rules, regulations, other rules, regulations, and orders in vogue in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the notification mentioned.
The Government, in General Administration Department, may exempt any class/category of post or service from the provisions of this notification and for such class/category of post or service, the provisions of these rules contained in the come Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules 1956 shall apply, the notification added.
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