Srinagar, Oct 15:(GNS) The Jammu and Kashmir Government has implemented the Supreme Court judgment dated 04-12-2024 and accorded sanction for retrospective regularization of 47 Junior Engineers of Public Works (R&B) Department.
As per Government Order, the decision follows dismissal of SLPs filed by UT in cases titled UT of J&K Vs Sajad Ahmad Malik and UT of J&K Vs Gulzar Ahmad Mir, and subsequent dismissal of review petition on 03-02-2026.
The order states that approval of the Chief Minister has been conveyed by GAD vide UO No GAD-CORD/103/2026 dated 11-10-2026 and Law Department vide UO No LAW-SC/108/2021-10 dated 11-10-2026 for revision of dates of regularization of 513 eligible employees of five departments including 47 of PWD R&B, along with consequential service and monetary benefits.
Accordingly sanction is accorded for retrospective regularization of PWD Junior Engineers from the date they completed 07 years of continuous contractual service instead of their earlier regularization dates.
The order notes that those who completed seven years before the appointed day shall be regularized w.e.f 26-09-2010 and those who completed after appointed day from the date they completed seven years, with post-facto approval of Council of Ministers to be obtained.(GNS)
