Fulfilling demand of thousands of the aspirants, who were alleging huge bunglings and misappropriations in the recently released selection list of the Sub Inspectors for Jammu & Kashmir Police and were protesting for long seeking a detailed probe and fair in entire recruitment process by an independent agency like CBI, the LG’s administration, taking a significant decision, has cancelled the list and recommended CBI probe into the matter, for booking all the erring officers and others under the law. Pertinent to mention here that right from its coming into the public domain, the selection list invited widespread resentment among youth of the region, especially those who were not included in the list, as a number of discrepancies were noticed therein, raising several questions. Where on one hand, candidates from a particular region were given preference over those belonging to the other, on the other hand there were many instances where siblings got placed in the list. Moreover, several highly educated candidates also failed to get their names in the final list, after which demand for carrying out a probe in the entire recruitment process intensified. As the recruitment was under scanner from the very beginning, the Government also constituted a special committee, led by the Additional Chief Secretary to look into the allegations of irregularities in the Sub Inspector (SI) selection process. At that time also, the administration had assured all the candidates that if anything fishy would be found in the process, the recruitment process would be cancelled without any delay and fresh recruitment would be made. After approximately a month of the constitution of the probe committee, on Friday the LG, through his twitter handle, announced cancellation of the recruitment process ab initio besides ordering a CBI probe in the matter, so that elements responsible for any irregularities in the selection process, are booked under the law. This major decision of the administration, where on one hand has once again proved that the Government is committed to welfare of masses, without any compromise, on the other hand, will go a long way in infusing faith and trust among youth of the Union Territory towards administration and its pro-people endeavours.
