Taking an necessary coverage resolution to make sure higher governance within the remotest and backward areas of the Union Territory, the Jammu and Kashmir Government on Tuesday issued an order for the implementation of the availability of the J&Okay Reservation Act.
As per this order, all authorities workers appointed underneath the Residents of Backward Area (RBA) and Actual Line of Control (ALC) classes need to serve of their native areas for a minimal statutory interval of seven years.
In this historic step, the J&Okay authorities has directed the Head of Departments (HODs) to establish the staff appointed underneath the RBA and ALC classes who haven’t served in these areas for a minimal interval of seven areas and are serving exterior them.
“In the interest of administration and efficient manpower management along with attending needs of the RBA/ALC areas of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, it is hereby ordered that such persons who have been beneficiaries of reservation under the aforesaid categories such areas for the statutorily mandated minimum period of seven years”, reads the order issued by General Administrative Department on Tuesday.

“Such employees who have not fulfilled this condition and are serving outside RBA/ALC areas shall be identified by the respective HoDs and their details shared with the concerned Administrative Departments to ensure that their services are utilized for the mandatory period in these areas as per statutory regulations under J&K Reservation Act 2004,” reads the GAD order.
Employees have to present an endeavor
The Government has additionally directed the staff who’ve been beneficiaries of reservations underneath these classes to furnish an endeavor that they’ve served in such areas for the statutorily mandated minimal interval of seven years.
“The undertaking shall be duly authenticated from their services books by the concerned DDOs and furnished to the respective HoDs,” the order additional states.
The GAD directive has identified that a lot of workers haven’t fulfilled the situation of serving for seven years of their native areas regardless of availing the good thing about reservation underneath these classes. The GAD has requested the departments to submit a compliance report inside a month positively.
Provision of reservation for RBA, and ALC classes in J&Okay
Jammu and Kashmir is the one area in the entire nation the place reservation has been granted on the idea of backward areas. A particular class named Residents of Backward Area (RBA) has been created to supply reservations to the residents of those areas.
RBA class is getting most reservations within the authorities sector in J&Okay. Despite getting reservation advantages underneath this class, folks not often serve within the backward areas.
After the issuance of a brand new order by the GAD, now beneficiaries of RBA classes workers need to serve of their native locations not less than for seven years.