Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 24: Joint Action Committee (General Category) today threatened to launch agitation against the decision of the Animal Husbandry Minister, A G Kohli to accord promotion to a category officer existing at lower seniority, ignoring seniority of the others from the general category in violation of the Supreme Court order.
In an emergency meeting of the JAC held here at Brahman Sabha Jammu which was presided over by Ved Prakash Sharma and was attended by Narayan Singh, president Rajput Sabha, Vinod Gupta, president Central Mahajan Sabha and other leaders including employees of various Government Departments, the members expressed strong resentment and called for removal of the Minister Abdul Gani Kohli and Secretary Animal Husbandry Department who have brazenly violated the standing orders of Supreme Court on the issue of ” Reservation in Promotions”.
“Despite the fact that many senior officers are available with the Department still Mohd Yousuf Chaproo, who belongs to reserved category and falls at Serial No 93 in the seniority list of the department, has assumed the charge of the Director Animal Husbandry Department Kashmir at the behest of the concerned Minister and Secretary Incharge of the Department.”
It is pertinent to mention that deserving candidate belonging to general category Dr Kewal Krishan Bhardawaj, existing at Serial No 20 in the seniority list has been ignored by the higher authorities on the verbal instructions of Minister. The JAC expresses anguish over the issue and threatened to launch agitation.
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