216 posts revived in Prisons Department

Jammu, May 31: The J&K Home Department has accorded sanction to the revival of 210 posts of warders and 6 posts of warder drivers in the Prisons Department.

Sanction has been accorded following the concurrence of the Finance department and subsequent approval from the competent authority.

As per an order issued by Principal Secretary Home Chandraker Bharti, these posts were among 257 posts of warders and 6 posts of warder drivers, which were deemed to be abolished in terms of the Finance department's circular instructions.

“For referring the vacant posts to the J&K Service Selection Board for initiating the process of recruitment, DG Prisons, J&K was requested to submit the indents for all the vacant posts, at the non-gazetted level, under direct quota, which were free from all encumbrances,” Bharti stated.

The DG Prisons, J&K forwarded the indents of all the vacant non-gazetted posts in the Prisons Department, which included the posts of warders and warder drivers, for their referral to the J&K SSB.

“However, upon examination of the matter in the department, it was observed that 257 posts of warders and 6 posts of warder drivers were deemed to be abolished in terms of the Finance Department's circular instructions, as these posts had remained vacant for more than two years. Following it, the DG Prisons, J&K was requested to submit proper justifications for the revival of these posts which were submitted along with the financial implications involved for their revival,” Bharti stated.

The matter was further examined in consultation with the Finance department which conveyed its concurrence to the revival of 210 posts of warders and 6 posts of warder drivers in the Prisons Department, J&K for referral to the J&K SSB.

“The proposal for granting sanction to the revival of 210 posts of warders and 6 posts of warder drivers, in the Pay Level L2 (19900-63200), was placed before the competent authority for its approval,” Bharti said.