Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, June 9: Teachers of Jammu Kashmir have expressed their displeasure over the undue delay in their promotions.
Talking to media persons, here today, Devraj Thakur, State President All Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh Teachers Federation, affiliated to Akhil Bhartiya Rashtriya Shakshik Mahasangh (AJKLTF/ABRSM) said that careers of over 6,500 Teachers in School Education Department are in disarray due to over 8-years delay in promotions.
“Some teachers are working in junior scale for more than eight years due to delay of DPCs . Many teachers have retired/going to retire in the junior scale itself. The stagnation due to the delay of DPC is causing humiliation and is demoralising. To get rid of this pathetic situation, the only solution is to conduct DPC on time,” he said.
Thakur blamed the “slackness/poor involvement” of officers at every level in not providing data for DPCs in time according to the calendar provided by the Department of Personnel and Training for convening timely DPCs which, he alleged, has never been adhered to.
“Instructions were given to make the panels for promotions available prior to the actual occurrence of vacancies. It has also been said in those circulars to fix the responsibility of the officials concerned for the delay in case of non-compliance of preparations of DPCs as per DOPT calendar,” Thakur stated.
The AJKLTF leader lamented that promotions were granted to the Zonal Education Officers, Principals Lecturers, Headmasters and Masters, this year but the same was delayed for eight years for teachers. Thakur demanded an early convening of a meeting of the Departmental Selection Board to consider the delayed promotion cases of teachers.
He further said: “If Teachers are promoted to the rank of Masters, it will have a trickle-down effect. Justice and fair play demand that Teachers should not be made to suffer on account of the delay on the part of authorities in convening the meeting of DPC”.
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