The Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said the Cabinet sub-committee constituted to examine the complicated issue of reservations in recruitment has been given a 6 month timeline to complete their report.
In a post on X, CM said, “the Cabinet sub-committee constituted to examine the complicated issue of reservations in recruitment has been given a 6 month timeline to complete their report.”
He said the timeline “was set by me after I met with a concerned group of job aspirants. This timeline, however, was not in the initial order setting up the sub-committee. That oversight will be corrected but rest-assured the committee is working to complete its task in the set timeframe.”
Earlier, in a written response to a question of Peoples Conference MLA Sajad Gani Lone, the Minister in-charge social welfare Sakina Itto informed the Assembly that no specific timeline has been fixed for submitting of the report by CSC.
“The Cabinet Sub Committee stands constituted vide Government order No. 2061- JKGAD of 2024, dated 10.12. 2024 to examine the grievances projected by a section of aspirants for various posts regarding reservation rules,” she said.
The minister said no specific timeline has been fixed for submitting the report.
The MLA had asked whether a 6-month timeline has been granted to the ministerial panel for submitting the report.
The cabinet sub-committee headed by Itoo with ministers Satish Sharma and Javed Rana as its members was constituted in December last year and is going to submit its report to the council of ministers headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Reservation has become a major issue in Jammu and Kashmir following the Central government’s decision to add more communities to the reserved category and expand quotas in the UT over the past five years. There are increasing objections to the Centre’s move to push the reservation quota to 70 per cent in Jammu and Kashmir.