Srinagar, June 12: The Central Administrative Tribunal has issued a notice to the Government and sought reply to the plea seeking quashing the seniority list of Junior Engineers in the Public Works Department by excluding the migrant JEs appointed under Prime Minister’s Special Package Scheme.
The CAT after hearing the counsel for aggrieved migrant Engineers for a while issued notice to Commissioner Secretaries of GAD, PWD, DMRRR and Chief Engineer, Mechanical Engineering Department Kashmir Division for filing of objections to the contentions raised in the plea by June 16 and ordered listing for the case on the said date for further consideration.
Fifty three aggrieved engineers submitted that the General Administration Department vide Government Order No.292-JK(GAD) of 2020 dated 31.03.2021 has constituted a Committee in order to settle the issue of the seniority of employees who have been appointed under the Prime Minister’s Special Package in different Departments in Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and the Committee so constituted had been directed to submit its report to the Government within a period of 15 days.
The Migrant engineers are aggrieved of the Order bearing No.187-PW(R&B) of 2021 dated 21.05.2021 and the Constitution of Committee vide Government Order No. No. 292-JK(GAD) of 2021 dated 31.03.2021 on the ground that the creation of supernumerary Posts under the Prime Minister’s Special Package is only aimed at providing employment by way of Special Recruitment to Kashmiri Migrants.
They further prayed that they be included in the impugned Final Seniority List of Junior Engineer (Mechanical Degree Holders) of the by preparing a composite Final Seniority List of Junior Engineers (Mechanical-Degree Holders) in accordance to the serial of seniority.
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