Depriving of reservation benefits

09/08/2020

The Union Government accorded benefit of reservation to the people living on the IB like those living along ALC, making amendement in the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004. The amendment came into force from Ist of March 2019 and the Union Ministry of Law and Justice notified the same in the Gazette of India on July 9, 2019 as 'Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment Act) Act 2019'. But it is unfortunate to observe that even after one year of this notification by the Union Government the J&K UT Administration has failed to conduct necessary survey of the villages and issue necessary notification in this regard. Thousands of educated unemployed youth residing along the International Border (IB) in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts of Jammu region have been deprived of the benefits of reservation granted by the Union Government as the J&K UT Administration failed to issue necessary notification even after one year, with regard to the identification of villages covered and actual distance from the Zero Line.
Since the J&K UT Administration declared filling up of over 10,000 posts including 8575 posts of Class -IV category and 1889 of Panchyat Accounts Assistants in the Rural Development Department, the unemployed educated youth living in more than 300 villages, situated close to the International Border in Kathua, Samba and Jammu districts will miss the opportunity to get the benefits of the reservation granted by the Central Government. Tehsildars concerned have denied to issue certificates to the youth on the plea that J&K Govt has yet to issue a notification with regard to the identification of the villages and even it is not yet clear whether benefit has been accorded up to 5 kms or 10 kms from the zero line. Thousands of hapless unemployed youth are moving from pillar to the post but they are told by the concerned Revenue officers that they are unable to issue the same till necessary notification in this regard is issued. 27 villages from Ramgarh area fall within 10 kms of IB. For ALC category about 70 villages have been identified in Rajouri and Poonch districts by the Government and same has been done for the RBA category in J&K, but only IB has been left out.

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