Srinagar: There is no change in retirement age of employees of J&K, however, to streamline government department, performance of employees can be reviewed after 22 years of service and at the age of 48.
BJP President J&K Ravinder Raina claimed that step gas been taken only so that no performing and corrupted officials can be shown way.
If non performing and corrupt employees will be asked to retire, others will work well for the welfare of general public, he said.
Pertinently Jammu and Kashmir’s civil service regulation rules were amended on Thursday to allow the administration to retire government employees at any time after completing 22 years of service or attaining the age of 48 years, an official said.
The employees can be retired after being given three months notice or three months of pay and allowance in lieu of the notice, the official said.
On the orders of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, the administration has introduced certain substitutes in 226(2) Article of Jammu and Kashmir Civil Service Regulations, the official said.
He said a notification was issued by Finance Department in this regard.
The notification states that in exercise of powers conferred under provision to Article 309 of Indian Constitution, Lieutenant Governor has directed that Article 226(2) of Jammu and Kashmir Civil Service Regulations may be substituted as “226 (2): (a) Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, government may, if it is of the opinion that in the public interest to do so, require any government employee other than one working on a post which is included in Schedule II of these rules, to retire at any time after he/she has completed 22 years of qualifying service or on attained 48 years of age. (PTK)