Adjudication of service matters of employees must be heard in J&k as it was:- Akbar Lone

SRINAGAR APRIL(PTK):– Jammuand Kashmir National conference Leader and Parliament Member for Baramulla Mohd Akbar lone on Friday said that adjudication of employees must be done here in J&K as it was..

Taking with PTK he said that when whole world is busy in fighting with covid-19, centre is taking such steps that aren’t acceptable at any cost.

He said order to hear adjudication of j&k employees to me heard at Chandigarh must be rolled back and there should be no alteration in existing rules of employees of J&K.

Pertinently reports said that Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory won’t have a regular bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) for adjudication of service matters of government employees as BJP-led Central government has empowered Chandigarh bench of the Tribunal to hear such matters in the newly carved out Union Territory.

The Department of Personnel and Trainings (DOPT) on Wednesday notified that service matters of J&K and Ladakh UTs would be dealt by the CAT’s Chandigarh bench whose mandate was restricted to hearing matters of central government employees in the erstwhile state of J&K.

The CAT will deal with matters like services, employment, pension etc. Before re-organization of J&K, the services matter of the employees of the J&K Government were being adjudicated by Kashmir and Jammu wings of High Court.

The Administrative Tribunal Act-1985, which governs creation and functioning of CAT, became applicable to both the UTs from October 31 as per the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act.

From October 31 onwards, the High Court stopped hearing service matters of the employees and started the process of identifying cases to be transferred to CAT. As many 31206 cases-14871 from Srinagar wing and 16335 from Jammu wing- are being – are being transferred to CAT from J&K High Court.(PTK )