Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, June 9: While the Government has stated that the Cabinet Sub-Committee on reservation will meet the deadline, the J&K Students Association (JKSA) today put forth over a dozen recommendations in its report, while urging a temporary slowdown in recruitment.
The report, a copy of which has been submitted to the CM’s office, has been formulated by a 12-member expert committee and calls for the rationalization of the reservation policy in J&K.
As per the JKSA, the meticulously researched report offers a sharp and critical analysis of the existing framework, uncovering deep-rooted structural “inconsistencies and persistent social inequities.”
It also presents pragmatic and actionable recommendations aimed at building a more just, inclusive, and equitable system, it said.
The association stated that a total of 15 key recommendations have been included in the report, touching upon various issues.
The recommendations include conducting a caste-based socio-economic census, sub-categorization within reserved categories, rationalizing the eligibility criteria for the EWS category, restoring the 60:40 ratio between open merit and reserved categories, and several other vital reforms.
The JKSA has also called for a temporary slowdown in ongoing recruitment drives in the Union Territory until anomalies in the reservation structure are addressed.
The report was released in collaboration with the J&K Centre for Peace, Research & Sustainable Development (JKCPRS)-a Kashmir-based policy research institute-by the National Convenor of the Jammu & Kashmir Students Association, Nasir Khuehami, along with Chairman Mushtaq Habeeb and Advisor Danish Lone.
They, along with a delegation from the JKSA, also submitted the report to the Chief Minister’s Office and met with Nasir Sogami, Advisor to the Chief Minister handing over the detailed research report to him.
Sogami, JKSA said, assured the delegation that “the researched report will be read, reviewed, and taken into consideration for necessary policy action.”
Khuehami asserted that the report is a roadmap and traces the evolution of reservation trends in J&K, comparing them with national and international benchmarks.
“It highlights glaring disparities that continue to marginalize large sections of society. There is an urgent need for reforms rooted in equity, social justice, and constitutional morality,” he added.
A 12-member expert committee, led by JKSA President Ummar Jamal, led the formulation of the report.
The committee includes Faizaan Peer, Danish Lone, Farhat Riyaz, Osheeba Bashir, Adnan Malik, Nazia Israr, Dr. Adil Hussain, Sadiya Farooq Masoodi, Krishna Saproo, Azhar Hassan Mir, Muzamil Ahmad Reshi, and Aamir Akbar-representing a diverse and distinguished pool of academic, legal, and policy professionals.
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