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J&K Govt now retire Government Employees after 22 years of service or attaining age of 48 years

Jammu
October 23, 2020

The J&K government has amended Article 226 (2) of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Service Regulations for a provision to retire at any time any government servant in the public interest after he has completed 22 years of service or attained 48 years of age.

To identify deadwood in the administration, a notification issued by the Government has also provided a time schedule, saying an exercise to review performance will be initiated for each Government servant after completion of 22 years of service or attaining 48 years of age and any time subsequently as may be required.

The changes follow directions from Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha, sources said, adding that this has been done as earlier provisions empowering the Government to prematurely retire an employee on the basis of non performance, mis behavior and bad conduct were �very vague�.
As a result, all those who were retired prematurely managed to rejoin service following court orders, they added. Following the amendment, the UT service regulations have now been brought at par with those followed at the Centre, they said.

The appropriate authority will now have to give either three months prior notice or three months of allowance to retire any employee, according to a notification issued by Financial Commissioner Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta.

The Administrative Department has to maintain a register of staff who are due to attain 48 years age or complete 22 years of service, the notification said, adding the register should be scrutinized at the beginning of every year by nominated officers and review the performance of employees.