The employee verification process for openings in Jammu and Kashmir administration will become digital, officials said here on Saturday.
An order issued by the General Administration Department said that that from June 1, the verification rolls on first appointment to any position in the government shall be processed digitally through a specially-designed web portal.
"This means the previous practice of newly-selected officials to various government positions submitting their verification rolls manually shall come to an end," said an official.
A police spokesman said the new system was very much like the passport application system as the newly-selected successful candidates shall be asked to fill in the verification related information online and submit it to the appointing authority.
"The appointing authority, in turn, after ensuring that the eligibility conditions pertaining to educational qualifications, age and reservation have been met and are backed by genuine certificates, shall forward the V (verification) rolls to the CID (Criminal Investigation Department) for field enquiries and check of criminal records to ascertain the character conduct and antecedents of the selected candidates through its field functionaries, which too shall take place via the digital platform," he said.
By switching over from the manual to the digital, it is expected that employment verification would become speedier, time-bound and transparent, he added. The web portal has been designed by the IT department of University of Kashmir in record time and at a very competitive rate.