RBA/ALC employees to furnish undertaking for serving in respective areas for 7-yr

STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: The Government on Tuesday ordered beneficiaries of Resident of Backward Area (RBA) and Actual Line of Control (ALC) categories to furnish undertaking for having served in respective areas for at least seven years.
“In terms of Sub-Section (2) and (3) of Section 3 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004 and Rules framed thereunder, it is mandatory for a government employee who has been appointed as an RBA/ALC candidate to serve for a minimum of seven (07) years in such areas. A large number of employees, however, have not fulfilled this condition despite availing benefit of reservation under these categories,” reads an order issued by Principal Secretary, General Administration Department, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi.
The order further stated, “In the interest of efficient manpower management along-with attending needs of the RBA/ALC areas of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, it is hereby ordered that such persons who have been beneficiaries of reservation under the afore said categories shall furnish an undertaking that they have served in such areas for the statutorily mandated minimum period of seven years. The undertaking shall be duly authenticated from their services books by the concerned DDOs and furnished to the respective HoDs. Further, such employees who have not fulfilled this condition and are serving outside RBA/ALC areas shall be identified by the respective HoDs and their details shared with the concerned Administrative Departments to ensure that their services are utilized for the mandatory period in these areas as per statutory regulations under J&K Reservation Act 2004.”
The order added that a compliance report in this regard shall be furnished by the respective departments to the General Administration Department within a month’s time positively.