Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 6: In a significant administrative decision with regard to settlement of seniority positions, Government today issued order for fixation of the seniority position of F A Renzu by making amendment in seniority list of KAS officers of 1999. Now with this amendment Renzu’s seniority has been elivated in the list from No. 167 to 44A1 with immediate effect and fixed above IAS Officers M A Bukhari, M Abbas Dar, Shagufta Parween, Sheikh Mushtaq, M Afzal Bhat and other hundred officers.
The seniority position of Renzu remained as a legal battle for the last 28 years. Earlier on the same analogy the seniority position of M A Bukhari was re-fixed in 2003-2004 by making similar amendments in the seniority list of KAS officers of 1999 and his position was elevated to 44B. He was consequently on the basis of elevation in seniority position became entitled for IAS also.
The Govenment while implementing the Judgment in favour of Bukhari in 2003-2004 could not implement the same in favour of other left out officers. F.A. Renzu who had topped PSC examination in the information cadre in 1980 also was entitled for the similar effect above Ashraf Bukhari, however, the Government at the time preferred to challenge his claim in the Division Bench in case entitled Sheikh Nazir v/s State.
However, the Division Bench on 10-06-2011 up held the Single Bench decision in favour of seniority position of F.A. Renzu. Since then the matter was in the GAD waiting for implementation. The matter was also referred in December 2011 to Law Department and the Law Department gave its opinion in January 2012 for its implementation in letter and spirit.
The matter remained further pending in GAD for process. Now the Government decided to implement the orders of High Court and Division Bench accordingly on the basis of Law Department opinion. The Chief Minister gave approval for fixation of F.A. Renzu’s seniority.
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