UPSC to initiate recruitment for gazetted posts in Ladakh

Leh , Jul 9: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is likely to initiate the recruitment for gazetted posts in the union territory of Ladakh.

Officials said that Chief Secretary of the Union Territory of Ladakh, Dr Pawan Kotwal, met the Secretary of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Shashi Ranjan, at the UPSC Headquarters in New Delhi on Wednesday. Also present during the meeting were Joint Secretary (Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh), Ministry of Home Affairs, Prashant Lokhande, and Secretary, General Administration Department, UT Ladakh, Michael M. D’Souza.

The meeting involved detailed deliberations on the pressing requirement of Gazetted officers in the UT of Ladakh, particularly in view of the growing administrative and developmental responsibilities of the Union Territory.

Although the UPSC calendar for recruitment to Gazetted posts for the year 2025 had set the window for receipt of requisitions between January 1 and March 31, 2025, and the final date had passed on March 31, 2025, the Commission has agreed to make a special exception in the case of Ladakh.

This decision has been taken in view of the career interests of the youth of Ladakh and the administrative needs of the Union Territory, where a large number of vacancies have accumulated in key departments such as Health and School Education, owing to the fact that no Gazetted recruitment has taken place since October 2019. Recognising the administrative urgency, the UPSC has agreed to initiate recruitment for key Gazetted posts in Ladakh in the first phase. These include: 125 Medical Officers – Health Department , 75 Lecturers – School Education Department and 32 Accounts Officers – Finance Department

Recruitment to the remaining Gazetted vacancies will be undertaken in a phased manner, officials said. Chief Secretary thanked the UPSC for the consultative process undertaken in finalising the Recruitment Rules and initiating recruitment for the Union Territory.