241 overage aspirants to appear for Sub Inspector selection process in Jammu and Kashmir
Hindustan TimesThe Central Administrative Tribunal on Saturday directed the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board to allow 241 overage aspirants to take part in the selection process for sub-inspectors in the police department. The CAT has directed the JKSSB to allow 241 overage aspirants to take part in the SI selection process However, the CAT's Jammu bench, comprising Rajinder Singh Dogra and Ram Mohan Johri, also said that the results of these applicants shall be kept in a sealed cover by the board, which shall await further orders from the tribunal, Sheikh Shakeel Ahmad, one of the lawyers representing the applicants, said. Disposing of the application filed by 241 overage unemployed graduates seeking one-time age relaxation, the CAT Jammu bench directed the JKSSB to allow the applicants to participate in the process of selection to the posts of sub-inspector notified last month. The lawyers representing the applicants argued that public employment is a national wealth and all eligible candidates have a fundamental right of consideration to participate in a competitive examination but in the instant case, the maximum age for participation has been restricted to 28 years and 241 applicants before the tribunal became overage because of the "inaction on the part of the indenting department as the He said they also highlighted a 2005 government order which directed all administrative secretaries of the J&K government to refer the vacancies every year up to January 15 to the J&K Public Service Commission and JKSSB.