Abolishing J&K cadre of Civil Services
16/02/2020
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India today issued a notification formally abolishing the Jammu and Kashmir cadre of Civil Services and making J&K part of AGMUT Cadre as J&K has now become a Union Territory from the State. The Central Government has now formally abolished Jammu and Kashmir cadre of Civil Services making J&K part of AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh Goa and Mizoram Union Territories) and has also done away with five-year age relaxation for the local youth in Civil Services Examinations conducted by the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) bringing the UT of J&K at par with rest of the country. The Civil Services batch of 2020 will not be eligible for Jammu and Kashmir cadre for the first time. Those seeking Jammu and Kashmir cadre will have to apply for AGMUT cadre and depending upon the vacancies in J&K will get posted in the Union Territory. While framing Rules after conversion of Jammu and Kashmir from State to Union Territory, the Central Government had assured that IAS/IPS/IFS officers already posted in J&K will retain their cadre and will not be merged into AGMUT cadre. The same position will continue for the Civil Services officers already posted in Jammu and Kashmir till 2019 while those seeking posting in J&K from 2020 batch of UPSC will have to opt for AGMUT cadre.
The conditions on which age relaxation had been granted don't exist now. Therefore, the age relaxation of five years has been withdrawn. Upper age limit for appearing in the Civil Services examinations is 32 years for General category, 35 for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and 37 for Scheduled Castes (SCs). However, the youth of Jammu and Kashmir had five years relaxation in upper age limit in all categories. In 2016 also, the DoPT had done away with age relaxation in the Civil Services examinations for Jammu and Kashmir youth but had withdrawn the order following intervention by the then PDP-BJP coalition Government. Many J&K youngsters who had qualified the Civil Services examinations would have got Jammu and Kashmir cadre earlier had the Cadre Review been carried out leading to increase in vacancies. Due to delay in Cadre Review, the J&K Civil Services qualifiers had to opt other States.
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